David Boles wrote:
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Karl Larsen wrote:
Craig White wrote:
It is interesting the hoops technical people jump through for
Political reasons. Java exists on a web page somewhere and it is
operating system independent. It is free to all users.
But the users need to know how to get it and mount it. If Fedora is
not going to use the real java in their distribution it is another
reason other versions of Linux are slowly being used by the public (I
have not seen any yet in my Wal-Mart).
In competition with Windows you do things that are not good from the
free software point of view. In my opinion we should change the
definition of free to include software available free but without source
code. In this group comes the driver for Nvidia hardware. I think what's
happening is a Political fix where someone is using the Nvidia software
which is NOT with a source code, and when a new kernel is ready they run
the Nvidia software and make the kernel driver(s), which are then put in
a rpm file and sent to users as a Update. It looks good but is it really
good?
I just have to ask you Karl. What OS or Linux distribution natively
includes Sun Java? What OS or Linux distribution natively includes the
Nvidia drivers that you install?
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David
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I do not know. Unbuto has Nvidia drivers that worked on my computer.
But it was not perfect. I expect Windows which doesn't change kernels 5
times a year, could have the driver within but not sure it does.
Karl
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