gslack, You sure went all out on that rant. But the fact of the matter is, every one of us here knows more than enough about how hardware vendors don't fully support linux. After ten years I'm getting tired of hearing excuses about Microsoft whispering sweet nothings into ATI and nvidia's ears as they conspire to make it impossible for linux to beg for a working X-based desktop. That time is past and I've found that their drivers work quite well in X these days, with ONE exception. That would be KMS.
Ubuntu used to have a splash screen that worked quite well with every hardware platform I ever tried it on (several.) But now that has changed despite hundreds of people protesting, some in this thread. And I might add, <engage capslock mode> THIS WAS DONE KNOWING THAT KERNEL MODE SETTING DOES NOT WORK WITH VENDOR DRIVERS </capslock> so I don't want to hear that <AGAIN/> I'm sorry to engage capslock but I don't know how this could possibly be stated with any more clarity. Now, I don't want to hear anything about us being ungrateful, or unknowledgable, or unwilling to put the effort into linux ourselves. We have presented our solutions, our workarounds, and our deep considerate thought into this and many similar issues and we're always faced with a wall of excuses about vendor support and technological superiority with a few (assumed small) sacrifices. We need a new category of bug named "shameful" -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/563878 Title: Ubuntu splashscreen big and ugly after installing ATI/nVidia proprietary graphics driver -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
