Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ubuntu to add proprietary drivers
>
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> | Reluctantly, the Ubuntu developer community has decided that with the
> | next version of Ubuntu, Feisty Fawn, it will be including some
> | proprietary drivers. Feisty Fawn's emphasis on "multimedia
> | enablement" appears to be the culprit.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | In particular, the Ubuntu developers are working on adding binary ATI
> | and NVIDA graphic card drivers to the distribution. This is because,
> | "Currently, Ubuntu does little to enable 3D acceleration on cards
> | that support these features.
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> http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS7895189911.html
>
> Good for exposure, disrespectful to principles, I guess. ESR and Linspire
> take the same route to finding widespread use of Linux.
"Principles" haven't been involved in the development of linux since redhat
4.2, buddy. Seeing how theyve been gone for so long, why not just leave
ubuntu alone to (for once) try to make some linux users happy?
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