kernel update hosed my system (solved)

[Basil Chupin]

On 17/03/13 09:31, Ric Moore wrote:
> On 03/15/2013 07:14 PM, John Scott wrote:
>
>> How would a user transitioning from another OS figure that out? I don't
>> understand why Ubuntu can make deals with companies like Amazon but
>> still won't provide user-friendly solution to the display driver
>> conundrum by including the real drivers and letting the user choose.
>
> Because both sides agree to the arrangement. nVidia provides it's own 
> support for video drivers in Linux, and refuses to open it up for 
> others to dink with. So, there are ways of getting it installed, 
> within the Ubuntu scheme of things, but it cannot be directly installed.

Well......maybe not in Ubuntu but I have no hassles with installing it 
in openSUSE.

Unlike Ubuntu, I don't have to jump thru hoops or bend over backwards to 
kiss my ass to install the nVidia driver in oS.


> Same with Windows. Even with them, you have to grab your driver in a 
> fashion that has you agreeing to their license scheme. Checking off on 
> the "I agree" part prevents many from completing their driver install, 
> as it usually pops up behind something and gets missed, or they don't 
> know to use the tab key to move the cursor to "I accept" and hit 
> return which defaults to "I don't accept". Stuff like that will kill 
> off the install attempt.

Almost everything you install in Windows you have to sign your life away 
before it will install.

But once you Agree to the Licence, the installation is a piece of cake.

Not so in Ubuntu.


> Google is still the only company marketing a Linux that just works with
>> no politics in the way. I find that truly amazing.
>
> Sorta, as they do demand their pound of flesh through tracking you and 
> selling that information to make a profit and hence stay in business. 
> So, most acknowledge that practice, and live with it, and a few don't. 
> But, you can bet they aren't in it for the LOLZ. :) Ric

Don't ever mention this name in my presence.....

BC

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