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

[Riccardo Padovani]

On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 7:05 PM, Jordon Bedwell <jordon at envygeeks.com> wrote:
> 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?

Seriusly? Ubuntu is Linux for human beings and I have to download and
compile driver from myself?

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Riccardo Padovani