--- "Benjamin J. Weiss" <benjamin@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I don't think that it's so much an issue os Fedora > having to support them, > as it is a sharing of knowledge by other Fedora > users who have figured out > how to make the most popular video chipset in the > world work with the OS. > Ben, First of all, I agree that sharing knowledge is what this list is all about - at least that's why I joined. As far as nVidia is concerned, be aware that the opensource drivers in Fedora should work quite well with your video card - as long as you do not actually need high speed 3D graphics. That is, if you are not wanting to run 3D games or do molecular modeling. I used to have an nVidia card, and I too, wondered why there were not good 3D drivers for it in linux, but there is a very good reason: the nVidia company will not release the source code for their drivers, so the Fedora developers cannot write them into the code. The bottom line is: don't be scared off by the nVidia controversy, give Fedora a try - 2D applications will do just fine. Mike Smith, -now happy with ATI - __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/
