non-free should just work

Daniel Stone daniel.stone at canonical.com
Fri Oct 29 04:09:51 UTC 2004


On Fri, Oct 29, 2004 at 05:51:58AM +0200, calle wrote:
> would it be harmful to load the nonfree nvidia driver if an nvidia
> card is detected?

Yes, it has been known to cause problems, and the standard driver works
fine for most cases.

> from the user point of view i would like the choice of driver to be
> based on how well it performs, rather than licensing.
> 
> it does not seem like that is how it's done now though.
> think about it?

Yes, we have considered it.

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Daniel Stone                                        <daniel.stone at canonical.com>
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