On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 10:15:39 +0000 Jason Greenwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Whilst I agree with you to an extent, nVidia is not an example that I > would want other manufacturers to follow - frankly, thay are shocking > and I will not buy their products. Their binary only drivers are a > royal, undocumented pita. Their half-ass efforts at appeasing Linux > users is pathetic. their video drivers just go, and go well. [1] from what i understand, many other video card manufacturers do not even supply binary drivers. its not an ideal world yet for open source enthusiasts, and until it is, nvidia supply a good service to linux users in their video driver. their network drivers are stoopid - errr i need to download the nvidia network driver to get my network going so i can download.....duh. [1] problems seem to arise when people don't have the kernel sources for their distro present, or they upgrade kernels. its NOT nv's fault that many distros do not ship the kernel sources in the default configuration. Yes it might be a PITA to have to install a compiler for just one or two tasks on an otherwise binary distro. -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
