What you say is true, it isn't all that difficult for you and I, but compare that to Windows where you have one driver set for a whole range of adapters and all the user has to do is download and click. That is why Windows is so popular. It is simple. Just because you can say something like 'it can be done without too much difficulty' doesn't mean that people will use it. If you want people to switch to Linux or use Linux as a desktop/gaming platform you better make it as nice and easy to use as what they are using now. Telling people to RTFM is a cop out, the real solution is to make it so they don't have to RTFM.
David >From: John Tobin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [Dri-devel] Radeon 8500, what's the plan? >Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 00:14:16 -0500 > >You know that there is a reason why they provide the tar.gz file >so that people using different kernels can use the driver. The >RPMs are simply there for the people that don't o upgrade the >kernel and stick with what Redhat gave them, making it easier for >them. I don't think that compiling and installing the driver from >the tar.gz is terribly hard. > >As far as knowing the difference between packages, it is the >end-user's responsibility to know what hardware/software he has >installed on his system so that he gets the right thing. If all >else fails RTFM. > >-- >John Tobin >[EMAIL PROTECTED]; AOL IM: ogre7929 >http://ogre.rocky-road.net >http://ogre.rocky-road.net/cdr.shtml > >On Tue, 02 Oct 2001 18:05:02 -0700 >D> Take a look at NVIDIA's linux driver website. >D> http://www.nvidia.com/view.asp?PAGE=linux Is that confusing >D> to a >D> non-technical user or what? Is the average user going to know >D> the >D> difference between "Redhat 7.1 SMP Kernel" vs "RedHat 7.1, one >D> CPU, >D> uniprocessor kernel" vs "RedHat 7.1, enterprise kernel"? >D> Sorry, but that is >D> rediculous. > >D> If you guys really want to see Linux become a gaming platform >D> go out and >D> solve these issues. Develop the driver infrastructure so that >D> the kinds of >D> things above don't happen. Develop the driver infrastructure >D> that makes it >D> easy for the hardware manufacturers to develop drivers and >D> support their >D> users. That is how you will take Linux to the next level and >D> make Linux a >D> viable desktop/gaming platform. > > >D> David > > >_______________________________________________ >Dri-devel mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp _______________________________________________ Dri-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dri-devel
