Binary incompatibility of Linux distributions

[Bryan]

On Thu, May 21, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Florian Diesch <diesch at spamfence.net> wrote:
> Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>> I'll believe Mark Shuttleworth's intentions are true only if the Intel video
>>>> driver bug gets fixed before Karmic -- see below:
>>>>
>>> Since when did the Intel video driver becomes Mark Shuttleworth's or
>>> Canonical's responsibility?
>>
>> It became Canonical's responsibility when they started distributing an
>> operating system that depends on it. I do not care who is responsible
>> for any particular bug, I turn to my OS vendor (the distro) when these
>> issues arise, as it _is_ their responsibility to provide a working
>> solution. Otherwise, I would use Linux From Scratch.
>
> The release notes for 9.04 said that there are problems with
> Intel graphic cards. So if you install 9.04 and have problems with
> Intel graphic cards you shouldn't blame Canonical.
>
>
>   Florian


You have to admit, expecting  everyone to read the release notes in
full detail for a distro that focuses greatly on the new user, is a
bit absurd.  The warning should've been more front and center.