almost every kernel upgrade I have to disable the nvidia driver (proprietary)

[Kristof Vansant]

> only solution 1) is valid when there is a planned ABI change. Recently
> the ABI broke and we did not expect it, tought.
> 
> The real and only solution would be to convince nvidia to release their
> code and make it GPL, or to release the specification for their hardware
> so that developers could actually work on a driver.

But since this is not the case we should do a workaround :) 

That's what I like about open software. I can change things or whine
about it :p. While with closed software you look for a workaround and
that's it :)