Why not download it during installation (so no "distribution") making it clear that it is a 3rd party driver and is not supported? That's what SUSE does. That way the user gets to choose. I could care less if it "taints" my kernel. I just want a 3d driver that works. I know it's not hard to install, but it would just be a nice feature that would make redhat seem more polished.
-- David St.Clair dstclair@cs.wcu.edu
On Friday 25 July 2003 08:09, David St.Clair wrote:
So, what's keeping RedHat from putting the drivers in the distribution?
If
it's a GPL thing, would it be easy to just download it during installation or at least give the option to the user?
It's a closed source thing. Red Hat doesn't distribute any closed source software anymore (that I know of). It's impossible to support, and it
taints
your kernel.
-- Jesse Keating RHCE MCSE http://geek.j2solutions.net Mondo DevTeam (www.mondorescue.org)