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[Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R]

On 10/08/2012 07:44 PM, Stephen John Smoogen wrote:
> On 8 October 2012 18:01, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R <caf at omen.com> wrote:
>> On 10/08/2012 04:53 PM, Dave Jones wrote:
>>> On Mon, Oct 08, 2012 at 04:29:18PM -0700, Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX N2469R
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>    > Noveau still fails now and then.  Until we get a reliable Noveau we
>>> should
>>>    > make it easy to install the Nvidoa driver IMO.
>>>    You're using the wrong distribution.
>>>
>>>          Dave
>> What distribution should I use then?
> To move away from zingers to something more grounded.. Fedora is not
> going to have closed source kernel modules etc in its installer. If
> you are needing that versus adding it yourself afterwords then a
> distribution like Ubuntu is probably what you are looking for. If you
> are ok with installing it afterwords yourself, then it will always be
> allowed but problems on a system with the drivers really won't be
> 'supported'.
>
I don't insist the Nvidia drivers be included in the install
I don't mind installing Nvidia myself on the machine I care about.

I just wish you wouldn't break it so often.

"Windows isn't done until Lotus won't run" .....

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