OT: nVidia driver [was: Wish list]

[Denis Leroy]

Sean wrote:
> It's pretty annoying listening to all the newcomers unthinkingly thumb
> their nose at what got us to where we are today.  You simply can't move
> Linux forward by undermining exactly what makes it important and
> successful.

I don't know who you're calling newcomers, but there are plenty of Linux 
veterans, including myself, who don't share your opinion.

> Anyway, choosing a binary driver has real risks involved.  If you value
> the data in your computer, you understand the open source process, and
> you're thankful for the great O/S that you find yourself using; the
> decisions become rather easy.

My points was, you can only choose if there's an alternative. There are no 
serious alternatives to the Nvidia binary driver, and that's not my fault.

-denis