Re:Does "Aunt Tilly" make a difference? (Score 1)

I am an avid PC gamer, own a custom-built system (built by a local business) and just deleted Ubuntu from my computer. Why? Upgrades and installing drivers got to be too much of a hassle. Gamers like me love their video cards, and after spending a week during which my free time was devoted to getting the newest set of nVidia drivers to work with my new video card, I realized two things:

1. Finding a person with the same hardware setup, version of Linux & same problem is almost impossible, and

2. When you do find that similar cry for help on a message board or forum, there will always be some zealot bitching about how blob binary drivers are worthless and stupid and against the ideals of the Linux community.

A real gamer tweaks his stuff and isn't afraid of slapping on the ol' anti-static bracelet for some component & system shifting/tweaking/optimizing. They don't let their pre-configged box stay that way very long. So back in comes the "ndiswrapper" argument. When I do a retard-simple video-card upgrade with XP (of which I am no fan) I have to admit it is very easy; pop in a CD, click OK a few times and reboot.

No editing Xorg.conf. No tarballs with mysteriously non-functional installers. No command line BS. NONE. And that's how it should be, and until Linux freaks catch up with the rest of the Plug-And-Play world brought to the masses by Apple and spread by M$, you're still going to be the least-fun guests at the LAN party.