[CS-FSLUG] Pardon me while I grouch

[Fred A. Miller]

On Wednesday 03 August 2005 2:34 pm, Ed Hurst wrote:

[snip]

> > Yes........get nVidia and be rid of the display problems. Intel is
> > supposed to be so "friendly" to Linux, but drivers for their integrated
> > video STINK....
>
> Umm, on that machine I started with an Nvidia card, and it was the one
> that blinked at the edges of the display, flexing in and out constantly.
> I gave the card to Nigel and ran a Radeon, which was slightly better,
> because it blinked less often. I even replaced the monitor, and in the
> end gave the box to my son, who runs XP on it. On my laptops, I have no
> choice.

'Has to be a hardware problem somewhere in that system. 'NEVER had a nVidia 
problem that didn't end up being a NON-nVidia problem, once they finally 
started doing a good job with drivers a few years ago.

> I once attempted making bug reports. GNOME folks were downright snotty
> about it, because I wasn't a coder who offered patches. KDE simply said
> "fixed in the next release" which I find unacceptable. What's wrong with
> fixing the current release? Each new release brings new breakage. My
> complaint is that not a single release has been right. Why do I have to
> download 100MB of packages or 200MB of source code? Anyone ever hear of
> patching? Mine is hardly the only voice of unhappiness. My complaints
> are echoed all over the Open Source web.

Yes.......I know. It certainly could and SHOULD be better!

Fred

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