8.10 and the GeForce 6100 NVIDIA

[Karl Larsen]

Mario Vukelic wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-11-05 at 16:35 -0700, Karl Larsen wrote:
>   
>> Then came alone Intrepid and it supports some but not all NVIDIA 
>> hardware. This is a real Ubuntu problem. To say your waiting for new 
>> driver software from NVIDIA is, I am sorry to say a lie. Why does it 
>> work on Hardy????
>>     
>
> >From System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers:
>
> "Proprietary drivers do not have public source code that Ubuntu
> developers are free to modify. They represent a risk to you because they
> are only available on the types of computer chosen by the manufacturer,
> and security updates to them depend solely on the responsiveness of the
> manufacturer.
> Ubuntu cannot fix or improve these drivers"
>
> Which parts of this text do you not understand?
>
>
>   
    The problem is NOT nVidia. It is us with changing kernels every few 
months. I will stay with Hardy and delete Intrepid.


Karl




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