On Monday, June 20, 2016 at 10:31:35 AM UTC-4, raah...@gmail.com wrote: > On Monday, June 20, 2016 at 9:54:12 AM UTC-4, Alex wrote: > > On 06/20/2016 03:50 PM, raahe...@gmail.com wrote: > > > What updates do you want for dom0? I'm only worried about security > > > improvements and would like dev team to focus on that. Its why I'm > > > using qubes. I don't need the latest shiny desktop. > > I would like upgraded versions of video drivers, and I remember Drew > > being another person who could use updated video drivers too. > > > > In mitigating this need, 3.2 Rc 1 seems to have an updated dom0, which > > should bring updated video drivers (together with updated desktop > > environments), and in the roadmap for R4 there is a separate guiVM, > > which should be upgraded like the others but should host the video > > adapters (driver updates more frequent). > > > > -- > > Alex > > I have that old school 90s mentality. I hate updating drivers unless they > are for security patches, or bug fixes directly related to my software. > Otherwise I feel I end up with more bugs and vulnerabilities and poorer > performance, then otherwise. I feel most of the updated videos drivers are > made soley for supporting the latest cards. I have this issue now with the > latest ndivida drivers for my 650 ti card. Older drivers have better > performance. 340xx vs 362. I also don't update my hardware all the time > either...lol If it aint broke I don't fix it. > > But if you are saying that you have a newer board that isn't supported well > in linux and have critical issues that are only resolved in a later kernel > then I completely understand. Eventually newer hardware has to become > supported.
Also let me add the latest KDE's are so buggy and unstable its crazy. When comparing all the baremetal distros, debian is the only one that isn't bugged out with my hardware. It seems to be the only sane distro left in linux. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to qubes-users@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/fa67ccc4-4629-4385-82f7-4f3afcc4cd63%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
