non-free should just work

[Matt Zimmerman]

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.  In many cases the sourceful driver is more stable and provides
adequate functionality.

> 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?

As it is now, we leave the choice up to the user, and we give them what we
believe is the safest choice as default.

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 - mdz