Marcel Hilzinger wrote: > Am Samstag, 13. Mai 2006 20:27 schrieb Mark Hellman: >> Martin Schlander wrote: >>> This doesn't mean I don't agree with the changes made. I do - I believe >>> Zen, Rug and YaST software management will complement each other >>> perfectly (in 10.2). I also think it was right to remove binary only >>> kernel modules. >> The binary kernel modules removal was one of the worst decisions Novell has >> took. It was a flagrant step back in the process of creating a user >> friendly Linux distribution. It was not a technical decision. It was a pure >> political one, and a fine example of a "loose-loose" situation. > Let's see... > >> What is most ironic is that, at the same time they introduce Xgl -- an >> Xserver that requires 3D hardware acceleration --, they remove support for >> NVidia and ATI drivers... > You're wrong. Suse Linux never came with binary Nvidia and/or ATI drivers. > You > always had to dowload them. There is _no_ change here.
He's right. In all previous suse releases, you never had to download any nvidia drivers. In yast there was a checkbox called "install nvidia drivers". No download, no recompile, just a mouse click, and the user never had to worry about video drivers when the kernel was upgraded, since the wrapper provided a level of indirection. That is gone now - not a problem for power users, who simply download the drivers from the nvidia website, and rebuild the drivers whenever their kernel is upgraded. But for Aunt Mildred, it can be quite disturbing when her GUI stops working because she did an online update that upgraded the kernel. I like 10.1 a lot, all things considered, but clearly, there is room for improvement. Joe --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
