Re: NVIDIA driver *taints* kernel???

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Guy Fraser writes:

On Tue, 2005-18-01 at 21:37 -0500, Sam Varshavchik wrote:

There are many graphics cards with reliable, open source, native x.org drivers. I suggest that you pick one, and support the vendors that support open source.


Again you are so wrong.

What's wrong with supporting vendors that support open source?

Go to :

http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux.html

As you can see, these are the supported platforms :

I don't see any open source drivers there, so why do you say that they support open source?


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Latest Version: 1.0-6629
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Well, these closed source drivers may be there today. Will they be there tomorrow? When a new kernel comes out, is there any chance that NVidia might change their mind, decide not to invest any more resources into support AMD64, and stop providing bug fixes and updates?


I know I won't have that problem with an open source driver.

Go peddle you idiocy somewhere else moron.

How old are you, sir?


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