After a tirade like that I've got a copy of Debian waiting for you here Roy :) As pure as the freshly fallen snow ...
/me hides his binary Nvidia drivers behind a curtain --- In [email protected], Roy <linuxcanuck@...> wrote: > > Detection of hardware is based on the kernel and Mint can take no credit for > that. It uses the same core as Ubuntu and is no better at detecting and > installing than Ubuntu with the exception of some decisions to use > proprietary rather than open source drivers. Ubuntu tries to support open > source projects and use free as opposed to proprietary drivers where > possible. However, you can easily install proprietary drivers in Ubuntu with > the additional drivers tool in the menu. Mint tries to simplify things by > preferring proprietary drivers in the first place. That is both good and > bad. It shuts the door on open source development and does not give users > the option of using open source, but it does make it simpler for most > people. I would not call it better, though. It is certainly not better for > the community in the long run. It is better for users to have open source > drivers that we have control over, if they work as well, than proprietary > drivers that are updated at the discretion of a big company when and if they > choose. > > Roy > > Using Kubuntu 11.04, 64-bit > Location: Canada > ------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please email [email protected] & you will be removed.Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
