[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread] 

List:       fedora-list
Subject:    Re: Still no kmod for new nvidia
From:       Bill Davidsen <davidsen () tmr ! com>
Date:       2010-07-31 19:59:15
Message-ID: 4C548093.3020903 () tmr ! com
[Download RAW message or body]

Bruno Wolff III wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 31, 2010 at 15:00:39 -0400,
>   Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com> wrote:
>   
>> Given the reality, that users bought computers which Linux supported 
>> only a few years ago, and in some cases paid extra to get computers 
>> which ran Linux, it really sends a message to have that hardware become 
>> unsupported two years later. Thanks guys. Hand MSFT a big bag of FUD 
>> about "will Linux even run on your computer by the time it's depreciated 
>> or paid for?" Sadly, for once it's true. :-(
>>     
>
> Regressions suck. If avoiding them was my highest priority I wouldn't be
> running Fedora. 3D using open source drivers has never really been good.
> (And using proprietary drivers has always had its own kind of suck.)
>   

I'm not talking 3D, I'm talking using a gnome-terminal, viewing a few 
640x480 15fps security files from the motion sensing camera, etc.Worked 
in FC9. Not interesting, not sexy, etc. You worry about 3D being good, I 
worry about X working. At all.

-- 
Bill Davidsen <davidsen@tmr.com>
  "We can't solve today's problems by using the same thinking we
   used in creating them." - Einstein

-- 
users mailing list
users@lists.fedoraproject.org
To unsubscribe or change subscription options:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
[prev in list] [next in list] [prev in thread] [next in thread]