On 02/23/2012 07:30 PM, hermann wrote:
> Am Donnerstag, den 23.02.2012, 19:19 -1000 schrieb david:
>> On 02/23/2012 07:03 PM, hermann wrote:
>>> Am Freitag, den 24.02.2012, 02:45 +0100 schrieb Ralf Mardorf:
>>>>
>>>> Don't use a borked distro! If your distro don't provide the nv driver,
>>>> but replace it with an experimental driver, that knowingly isn't
>>>> working
>>>> for half of the NVIDIA graphics on the market, such as the nouveau
>>>> driver, than your distro is borked!
>>>
>>> No, then your distro is full GPL'ed. ;-)
>>
>> But still borked. I have a couple of motherboards here, one new in my
>> desktop PC, with NVidia graphics. The Nouveau driver doesn't support the
>> old NVidia hardware, and Debian Sid no longer includes the NV driver
>> that DOES work with old hardware. The Nouveau driver barely supports the
>> NVidia in my newest motherboard.
>>
>> Sorry, I don't consider the Nouveau driver ready for primetime, they
>> should still supply and continue developing the NV driver, or give up
>> the attempt at idealism and include the NVidia binary drivers.
>>
>
> Why, there are enough distros out there, you just need to choose the one
> witch suite your needs.
> It will be the same when you said a distro is borked, because it cant
> load AU-plugins.
> Debian suite my needs, exact because it is full GPL'ed.
FWIW, I use Debian on all of my machines. Doesn't mean I agree with the
"cut-the-nose-off-to-spite-the-face" attitude the self-righteous Debian
Community has.
-- David gnome@email-addr-hidden authenticity, honesty, community _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-userReceived on Fri Feb 24 08:15:03 2012
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