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Don't get me wrong, i'm the biggest linux proponent ever, and have been using linux for years, but this is exactly why linux is struggling on the desktop. crap like this, things as stupid as kernel sources not being installed by default costs some people nights of headaches and frustrations-- just to simply install their nvidia drivers. speaking from my early experiences of course.
THIS cost (of time) is why Windows could potentially be considered cheaper in comparison.
Don't get me wrong, i'm the biggest linux proponent ever, and have been using linux for years, but this is exactly why linux is struggling on the desktop. crap like this, things as stupid as kernel sources not being installed by default costs some people nights of headaches and frustrations-- just to simply install their nvidia drivers. speaking from my early experiences of course.
THIS cost (of time) is why Windows could potentially be considered cheaper in comparison.
absurd.
Dan
You can install nVidia/ati drivers WITHOUT kernel sources. In fedora with livna repo, you can install them just through yum:
Code:
yum install kmod-nvidia
In ubuntu for example, you can install drivers with a few clicks.
Distribution: Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2; Slackware Linux 10.2
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Originally Posted by dkeller626
Don't get me wrong, i'm the biggest linux proponent ever, and have been using linux for years, but this is exactly why linux is struggling on the desktop. crap like this, things as stupid as kernel sources not being installed by default costs some people nights of headaches and frustrations-- just to simply install their nvidia drivers. speaking from my early experiences of course.
THIS cost (of time) is why Windows could potentially be considered cheaper in comparison.
absurd.
Dan
I somewhat agree with you.
The thing is, I think that the general Fedora development mentality is to always have the newest of most everything installed. Having a preloaded kernel source package would mean an older kernel, and thus a loss of new features. There's nothing wrong with this if you have a broadband connection, unfortunately I don't, which is why I tend to prefer distros that preload things like this. I still think it's a good move, since I realize that I'm in the minority and will be (re)upgrading to DSL shortly.
Peter_89- Yep that's certainly accurate. One step further- I mean really, how hard would it be for a package manager to simply detect the kernel version (via uname), assign this as a variable to the hunt thread, and simply install or replace the kernel source package. <--- yeah, a package.
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