Comment BS (Score 1) 843
"If every distro could just use the nvidia binary drivers, maybe the people working on the free "nv" driver just wouldn't bother"
If the "nv" people bothered, then I wouldn't need the binary drivers. Installing linux should be easy, but every time I go through it, I have to futz with the real nvidia drivers because the bundled nv one doesn't work. Yeah it'd be nice if they GPL'd their code, but in the real world they make a good & popular line of cards that any OS needs to support if it wants a place in the Desktop market. The same goes for other things like flash and other closed tools. People expect to be able to use those, and to tell them "you can't because macromedia/nvidia won't follow our rules" is just arrogant. MS might be able to strong arm them into that but Linux isn't there yet.
If the "nv" people bothered, then I wouldn't need the binary drivers. Installing linux should be easy, but every time I go through it, I have to futz with the real nvidia drivers because the bundled nv one doesn't work. Yeah it'd be nice if they GPL'd their code, but in the real world they make a good & popular line of cards that any OS needs to support if it wants a place in the Desktop market. The same goes for other things like flash and other closed tools. People expect to be able to use those, and to tell them "you can't because macromedia/nvidia won't follow our rules" is just arrogant. MS might be able to strong arm them into that but Linux isn't there yet.
