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Proprietary drivers lead to the mess that is windows.
Proprietary drivers lead to the driver mess that is Windows. As someone who has an NVidia graphics card and also a wireless network card from another company, I appreciate these companies support for Linux but would much prefer to see the driver supported under the GPL. This would allow it to be included in each subsequent kernel release, saving me from having to update drivers with each update to the kernel.

When drivers aren't included as part of the kernel, I'm forced to reinstall the driver with each upgrade to the kernel.

Anyone who thinks Linux hardware support is shoddy, should install Windows and then install Linux. You'll soon realise that while Windows expects you to provide many of the drivers needed for your hardware, Linux supports the same hardware internally.
Posted by: mintSlice   Posted on: 02/18/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Great to see more Linux support. MS driver advantage disapearing.  DonnieBoy | 02/18/04
"It speaks to the market demand for Linux..."  David Mohring | 02/18/04
Not going to fly  Mace Moneta | 02/18/04
Not a valid Choice  ShadeTree | 02/19/04
Proprietary drivers lead to the mess that is windows.  mintSlice | 02/18/04
Intel to speed lagging Linux support  Loverock Davidson | 02/18/04
Yeah, take that American business  Jay Cash | 02/19/04
Intel to speed ...  SC-man | 02/19/04
Linux is lagging, do you blame them???  idnew2008@... | 02/18/04
For wanting to catch up?  IT_User | 02/19/04
Linux is lagging, Intel is  voska | 02/19/04
There goes another one...  michael-t | 02/18/04
Ridiculous  pa2004 | 02/19/04
Intel is concerned about Europe & Asia  supoman | 02/19/04
what?  doh123 | 02/19/04
That's what  Ployd_Farker | 02/19/04
What Distro?  ShadeTree | 02/19/04
seek and ye shall find  losfromla@... | 02/19/04
Article quote disagrees with you preception  voska | 02/19/04
Proprietary drivers ... a solution is possible  George Mitchell | 02/19/04
Smart move  voska | 02/19/04

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