After takin' a swig o' grog, JEDIDIAH belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
> On 2009-02-12, Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Nvidia has the sort of comitiment to desktop Linux that some people
>>> would like you to believe is only mythical. I'll gladly take advantage
>>> of that.
>>
>> As long as you have a fall-back plan <grin>.
>>
>> Apt?:
>
> Like I said, if openness and a field full of daisies were really
> all that then I would have my "fall-back plan". Until that happens,
> Nvidia is in a league all by itself. Their binary drivers are a sort
> of necessary evil/nuissance.
Nvidia does have a reasonable installer. The only thing I wish it did was
actually show all the build steps it is doing as it progressed.
Ooops. I found it: /var/log/nvidia-installer.log
Hmmm, looks like the installer has a lot of options I'd not noticed.
The code generates more warnings than I like to see in production code.
> Intel shows some genuine promise. I wouldn't hold my breath for ATI.
What ever happened to the good old days when you could buy a PC adapter card
and get a little booklet detailing how to program it?
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It was one of those perfect summer days -- the sun was shining, a breeze
was blowing, the birds were singing, and the lawn mower was broken ...
-- James Dent
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