[nvidia-graphics-drivers] frustration with slow Nvidia drivers release schedule

[Jordon Bedwell]

On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 12:01 PM, AG Restringere
<ag.restringere at gmail.com> wrote:
> Something that has really frustrated me about Ubuntu is how nvidia-graphics
> drivers packages are never kept in sync with the upstream release schedule.
> As a former Windows user I learned a long time ago that the way to achieve
> the best performance from your machine was to keep up to date with official
> Nvidia releases. One of the major disadvantages of Ubuntu is that I have to
> wait months for new drivers to be released or have to rely on PPA's which is
> a non-ideal situation.

Since when did Nvidia stop offering the latest downloads via their
website? Or is this just an excuse for you to continue to be lazy
instead of downloading the source and compiling it yourself?  Do you
complain to Window developers because they supply outdated WHQL
drivers on Windows and that you have to go download them from Nvidia
directly? Probably not... my suggestion is your realize the real facts
that all operating systems provide outdated drivers and it's your job
to update them if you want the latest drivers and to expect the distro
to be able to keep up like that is silly to say the least.