Bruno Wolff III wrote: > On Mon, May 28, 2007 at 17:32:41 -0500, > Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Nvidia and ATI's drivers aren't included in the box. They could be. > > Except that they will be broken by kernel updates and there is no way > to force nVidia to produce updated drivers. I seem to remember that > being a significant part of a big discussion about whether or not to delay > an xorg update because of a lack of binary drivers. (Ultimately the > update was delayed due to other considerations.) Except there are methods that, upon booting into a new kernel, will rebuild the drivers as part of the boot process. Thus, making it a trivial task. -- Having the fewest wants, I am nearest to the gods. -- Socrates
