On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 5:04 AM, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R <caf@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 10/08/2012 07:44 PM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote: >> >> On 8 October 2012 18:01, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R <caf@xxxxxxxx> >> wrote: >>> >>> On 10/08/2012 04:53 PM, Dave Jones wrote: >>>> >>>> On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 04:29:18PM -0700, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> > Noveau still fails now and then. Until we get a reliable Noveau we >>>> should >>>> > make it easy to install the Nvidoa driver IMO. >>>> You're using the wrong distribution. >>>> >>>> Dave >>> >>> What distribution should I use then? >> >> To move away from zingers to something more grounded.. Fedora is not >> going to have closed source kernel modules etc in its installer. If >> you are needing that versus adding it yourself afterwords then a >> distribution like Ubuntu is probably what you are looking for. If you >> are ok with installing it afterwords yourself, then it will always be >> allowed but problems on a system with the drivers really won't be >> 'supported'. >> > I don't insist the Nvidia drivers be included in the install > I don't mind installing Nvidia myself on the machine I care about. > > I just wish you wouldn't break it so often. We're doing nothing special to break it. Upstream changes and nVidia has to play catch-up. It's one of the well known perils of using closed source drivers. josh -- test mailing list test@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/test
