On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:02:58 +0100, Peter Köhlmann wrote:
> William Poaster wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 20:57:53 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>>
>>> After takin' a swig o' grog, Ezekiel belched out
>>> this bit o' wisdom:
>>>
>>>> "JEDIDIAH" <jedi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:slrngjtb8h.tgt.jedi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>> On 2008-12-09, Gary M. Stewart <gmstewart1953@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>> On Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:23:36 +0000, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Installing Programmes in Linux vs. Windows: Which is Easier?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The question to be asked is which has the programs average Jane
>>>>>> wants to install.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hint: It's not the system that has been free for 17+ years and still
>>>>>> has 0.8 percent of the desktop market share.
>>>>>
>>>>> What programs does average Jane want exactly?
>>>>>
>>>>> Where is she going to find them? Best Buy seems to be getting out
>>>>> of
>>>>> that racket. Average Jane seems to have very mundane requirements.
>>>>
>>>> Would you consider installing a video driver that works to be one of
>>>> these mundane requirements. I installed Ubuntu (dual boot) last
>>>> weekend. I have a fairly new NVidia graphics card and it was S.L.O.W
>>>> with the default driver. So I go to NVidia to download the latest
>>>> Linux driver.
>>>>
>>>> I'll tell you right now that 99.5% of the 'general public' would have
>>>> ZERO chance of getting this to work:
>>>
>>> And they shouldn't have to. They should be able to go into the store
>>> and have a *choice*.
>>
>> OTOH the fact is that Ubuntu *asks* if you want to load the nVIDIA
>> drivers via the Restricted Drivers Manager. It will then fetch & install
>> the nVIDIA module, & *because* it's a new kernel, it will ask you to
>> reboot.
>>
>> Now what was the troll saying about having to go to nVIDIA?
>>
>>
> Well, "Ezekiel" is a windows user. That is, he is clueless.
>
> *If* he would use Ubuntu as he claims (just as believeable as Hadron
> Quarks claims, that is, not at all), he would by now know about the
> Restricted Drivers Manager. After all, his fellow wintroll Hadron Quark
> stumbled on that one also, as he did not "remember" about it and claimed
> the same bullshit about the "difficulties" with video drivers
Indeed, & here is that post he made;
<quote>
....getting high performance Video cards working is a damn sight
easier on XP because the installers are better.
Debian/Ubuntu are a pain in the hole - you need to recompile the latest
NVidia drivers using a set version of the compiler, for example, when
changing kernels.
<unquote>
As you say, when a few people in aolu told him that was crap, & what about
Restricted Drivers Manager or even using "Envy", he blustered:
<quote>
You're right. I forgot about the restricted driver manager now. It is a
BIG improvement.
<unquote>
Message-ID: <c9rks4-gc7.ln1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Uh, yeah, riiiight. Like anyone who has used Ubuntu & who wanted to
install the proprietary nVIDIA drivers would forget that.
Envy can be used with Debian too.
> OpenSuse btw is similarly easy with the nvidia drivers. You just tell Yast
> to add the nvidia repo, and from that point on the drivers are updated
> automatically when a new kernel is installed
Yes, I installed OpenSuSE 11 on another machine to try it. After adding a
couple of repos, nVIDIA was one, it simply downloaded & installed it.
What a breeze!
--
Most people are sheep.
Microsoft is very effective
at fleecing the flockers.
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