On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 01:04:17PM +0100, Dave Airlie wrote:
> releases, I would like to give those people a chance to use their graphics
> cards, and the snapshots are not the only way, Intel have i915 Linux
> drivers on their site from TG, they work on most kernels/distros, I get a
> machine with i915 install Debian go to Intels website and download their
> drivers, it all works, now why do I have to compile a kernel again?
Then a month later, Debian issues a kernel security errata.
You download and install it, and your 3d stops working.
(worse case, maybe even your 2d breaks).
The 'download third party drivers' thing is not a silver bullet.
It will screw end users over, just as equally as it claims to help them.
Dave
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