[Bug 297543] Re: Update Package: nVidia 180.06

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@Vadim Peretokin: The simple fact that the drivers are available doesn't
force you to install them, see my earlier comments. The point is: you
have a choice of installing them or not AND if something goes wrong you
can roll back cleanly. Freedom of choice. Frankly, I wouldn't have such
a big problem installing them using the nvidia installer if there
weren't those reports about breaking the system if you do so.

I'm running Ubuntu on a production machine so I need it to have high
availability and be usable. Maybe this is making me overly cautious in
installing using the nvidia installer and so I would like to have the
option of installing using a package (cleaner, IMHO) especially since
the Recommended driver (177) had serious issues with OpenOffice (heavy
screen corruption -- Really?! On a production machine running a stable
version?! I'm not running a development version, BTW). I'm already sorry
I upgraded to Intrepid: upgrade broke the system so I had to do a clean
install only to find out that the office suite I need to use every day
has the side effect of causing screen corruption in some way.

This is why I'm saying that I think Canonical needs to do a far better
job in terms of hardware support and not simply rely on the community
especially because bug #1 is a target for the company. The fact that
ther target seems to be to provide the same level of usability as
Windows makes me run Ubuntu and not OpenSuse on my work machine.

Maybe this seems like a rant to you -- it's not meant to be. It's simply
some stuff that's been on my mind lately. I think it's not just me that
feels the same way and I think we need to voice our opinions if we want
resolution.

My 2c.

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Update Package: nVidia 180.11
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