On Thu, Jan 24, 2008 at 04:28:17PM +0100, Philippe Landau wrote: > Greg KH wrote: >> On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 10:10:14PM +0200, Alexey Eremenko wrote: >>> Now - the newbie user: >>> It is *really* daunting to update a kernel and find, that Nvidia >>> driver (and X.org) do not run on my desktop anymore. >> Then don't buy nvidia hardware. Again, simple answer :) > For quite some time Nvidia had better support on Linux then ATI. > As a consequence many Linux users have Nvidia cards now. > Is ATI fully open-source now ? Is that what you would buy ?
Intel is fully supported, with open drivers. That is what I would recommend that you purchase. It's what I buy with my own money. >> Seriously, I really don't care about companies that violate the license >> of the Linux kernel, and I'm not going to do ANYTHING to help them out. >> Why would you expect me, or any other kernel developer to do otherwise? > With that attitude no wonder people are having serious problems > with the latest security updates > (see ongoing topic "Latest Update Kills Server"). Again, there is _nothing_ that we can do to help with this, as their code is closed. >> Do companies help other companies out that violate their licenses? No, >> they take legal action against them. > Does Nvidia violate a license ? Yes, it violates mine, and the other kernel developer's copyright on the kernel when they distribute a pre-built kernel module. thanks, greg k-h -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
