Binary incompatibility of Linux distributions

[Florian Diesch]

Bryan <gnuisancev3 at archlinux.us> wrote:

> 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.
>>
> 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.

It would be quite nice to have warnings about possible known hardware
incompatibilities and such when installing or updating. But I don't
think it's their *responsibility* to provide it that way.



   Florian
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