__/ [ B Gruff ] on Wednesday 07 March 2007 00:36 \__
> On Wednesday 07 March 2007 00:21 Mark Kent wrote:
>
>> B Gruff <bbgruff@xxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
>>> On Wednesday 07 March 2007 00:03 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> __/ [ B Gruff ] on Tuesday 06 March 2007 23:50 \__
>>>>
>>>>> On Tuesday 06 March 2007 23:40 Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Proprietary drivers in Feisty: not by default but easy to activate
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>>>> | As of today, the Ubuntu development branch includes a tool
>>>>>> | called "Proprietary Drivers manager" that tries to accomplish
>>>>>> | this task.
>>>>>> `----
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>
http://ubuntudaily.blogspot.com/2007/03/proprietary-drivers-in-feisty-not-by.html
>>>>>
>>>>> imo, exactly as it should be.
>>>>>
>>>>> The more I see about ubuntu, the more I think that's the way I'll be
>>>>> going....
>>>>
>>>> Next version will have all the fnacy stuff enabled out of the box. It's
>>>> just not stable enough for a production-type environment, yet.
>>>
>>> I appreciate that, Roy - due April, and for the dumbos like me, give it a
>>> few weeks after release so that the gurus will have their answers ready
>>> for me?:-)
>>> I'm looking forward to it - sounds fantastic!
>>>
>>
>> It would be really excellent to have a PPC nvidia 3D driver, so that my
>> elder lad's mac could share the 3D window manager fun, too. Anyone feel
>> like persuading nVidia to help?
>
> I doubt it will be long Mark, the way things are going.
>
> Did you see the announcement (by the FSF?) a few weeks ago, along the lines
> of "If any of you H/W vendors will help us with the technical details of
> the H/W we'll write your Linux drivers for free"?
And earlier today I read about a loud request for nVidia dumps, in order to
make further progress on the Open Source 3D driver. They already have the
3-D cogwheels working. Open Source!
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