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____/ Chris Ahlstrom on Wednesday 10 December 2008 13:05 : \____
>
>
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out
> this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> ____/ JEDIDIAH on Wednesday 10 December 2008 02:52 : \____
>>
>>> Now the thing with the average Jane is that she's much more likely
>>> that not NOT running the bleeding edge kit. Her nvidia Ubuntu experience
>>> will be pretty much like it would be if she had bought a preloaded Dell.
>>> I don't think the gamer wannabe crowd here realizes what goes into OEM
>>> prebuilds these days.
>>
>> Mandriva comes with the graphics drivers (e.g. NVIDIA) out of the box and
>> the same goes for Flash and other things. The Munchkins are yanking old FUD.
>
> Take a gander at the "NVIDIA Software License":
>
> http://www.mepis.org/node/10353
>
> 2.1.2 Linux Exception. Notwithstanding the foregoing terms of
> Section 2.1.1, SOFTWARE designed exclusively for use on the Linux
> operating system may be copied and redistributed, provided that
> the binary files thereof are not modified in any way (except for
> unzipping of compressed files).
>
> I suspect the one on Nvidia's site is more up-to-date:
>
> http://www.nvidia.com/object/nv_swlicense.html
>
> 2.1.2 Linux/FreeBSD/OpenSolaris Exception. Notwithstanding the foregoing
> terms of Section 2.1.1, SOFTWARE designed exclusively for use on the
> Linux or FreeBSD operating systems, or other operating systems derived
> from the source code to these operating systems, may be copied and
> redistributed, provided that the binary files thereof are not modified in
> any way (except for unzipping of compressed files).
In Mandriva, even multi-head is simple. The drivers are already there in the
kernel (updated automatically too). One needs to click (like.. you know.. with
the mouse on the NVidia logo) and then drag the picture of the monitors to
choose the desired multi-head layout). Really hard and scary!!!
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~~ Best of wishes
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