Ubuntu Developer Summit report: X.org improvements, driver controversy, and
bling
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| The announcement that Ubuntu will ship binary drivers by default in
| Feisty is getting a lot of negative commentary from users and Ubuntu
| members alike. Of course, there's also a vocal contingent that complainst
| hat Ubuntu and other distros are unsuitable for general users because
| they don't ship with Nvidia or other binary drivers enabled. There's
| no position here that will satisfy all users.
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http://community.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/11/13/2112259&from=rss
Also today:
(The Envy Script for Ubuntu)
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| "Envy" is a script written in Python which will download the
| latest Nvidia driver or the Legacy driver (for older cards)
| from Nvidia's website and set it up for you handling dependencies
| (compilers, OpenGL, etc.) which are required in order to use the
| driver on Ubuntu Linux.
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http://albertomilone.com/nvidia_scripts1.html
Check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS4Z5VghfhE&NR
Related:
gNewSense joins list of FSF-approved distros
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| However, gNewSense is also an important step toward its long-range
| goal of persuading manufacturers to produce computers that run
| completely free software, from the operating system and drivers
| down to the BIOS. Buoyed by both the release of gNewSense and the
| plans to use the LinuxBIOS in the One Laptop Per Child project,
| Brown says, "We believe we're getting there slowly but surely.
| We're getting to the point where maybe in 12 months we're going
| to have those computers."
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http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/11/08/193238
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