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.
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| 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.
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