On Thursday 01 June 2006 04:48 am, Marcus Meissner wrote: <snip>
Now, if the kernel developers come up with a common and well-defined interface for proprietary modules and make it well known to the hardware vendors, then overall that would be a Good Thang (tm). I guess that is their plan but it seems they jumped the gun a bit and have made the situation worse in the short-term.
The actual way to go is to get rid of proprietary modules.
I really wonder why some people want them and not OSS drivers...
I don't think it is a matter of "wanting" the the proprietary drivers over the OSS ones. It is simply a matter of function. If the proprietary drivers give us our needed functions - especially on laptops - then that's what we're looking for. As a user, I don't care if the driver is proprietary or OSS. If it works, great. If I can choose less functionality on an OSS driver and my philosophy says only to use OSS, then I have the choice. That's what I like about *nix. Of course, in thinking about it - all this argument is over the distribution and how easy it is to install. One thing people need to keep in mind. There isn't an easier OS to install than *nix. I recently installed Vista on a system. What a nighmare! It reminded me how annoying Windows installs were. (I used to do dozens a week.) If Dell and Gateway and Akmed's Computer Company would start shipping systems with Linux (SUSE) pre-installed, this whole argument over installing ATI and USB drivers would be mute. -- kai - www.perfectreign.com www.livebeans.com - the new NetBeans community 43...for those who require slightly more than the answer to life, the universe and everything. -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com