It would be silly to expect a nVidia to support a few distros
specifically with
packages. To support FC, they would need to build at least two
version (5 and 6)
then 586, or 686 kernels, plus SMP, etc. Now add a couple more
popular distros
and you have what 10 - 20 builds per driver version? What about the
near most
popular distros. They will whine and cry foul.
The nVidia installer as it is right now, seems to work with any
distro, I believe that
is the best way to do it at this time. One package to rule them all
(sorry aboot that).
If you don't like how default installer runs, extract the package and
get it done the
way you want it to be done.
Now, if you can convince the Linux community to stop forking and
making a new
distro for every little difference, then amalgamate the remaining 2000
or so
distros into 3, then I might have a change of heart on that topic.
BTW, thanks nVidia for fixing the GeForce 3 bug with the 9631s =)
Stephen
Yeah, the more I think about it the more complex the situation for them
becomes. You're right about the other distros crying foul if they
started to favour a few.
It's funny how fanatical everyone can get about these things.
I love some things about Fedora and Linux in general, other things I
loathe. Recently I had a play with Ubuntu and was impressed at how much
easier it was for a general/novice user. I still think there's a place
in the world for the Internet Appliance, as people like my parents do
nothing but the occasional browse and email, which is why I gave them
Ubuntu. They don't care about Flash support, MP3 playback, video codecs
and 99% of the stuff that becomes a headache. heck, they still have a
modem and are happy that way (anyway I digress, sorry)
I guess nvidia have done the easiest thing they can, which is provide a
base and let the fanatics do what they will.
