Yeah. Why would anyone expect one of the most popular video cards in the world to work in Linux. Those idiots.
Just to be clear. I understand why a proprietary card may not work. It isn’t Linux’s responsibility to make it work. However, what isn’t acceptable is for the automated update system of an OS to break a working system. Proprietary driver or not. The update system should have thrown up some very strong warnings that proceeding would break the system.
This would implies the package management system to know the inner working of nvidia drivers so it can warn users when updates would break it. How one’s implement it?
The distro should be testing the driver within their update system before including it in their repo. The package should include metadata about system settings that could potentially break the system.
Distro makers have test machines to test their packages before pushing them out, but they can only cover popular and common hardware. Expecting them to test it on all graphic card permutations is too much considering most distros are released for free and maintained by volunteers, especially since nvidia cards aren’t cheap anymore.
As long as you keep relying on this cliche excuse, Linux is never going to be treated as a serious desktop operating system.
Distros are trying to create usable, friendly systems. They failed at that if their distros are this fragile. That’s what “unacceptable” means in this context. You can’t just throw your middle finger up in the air at the user when their system fails by saying “you didn’t pay for it” and scurry off giggling. Yet Linux advocates keep pushing Linux on inexperienced users, saying that it’s the solution to everything; that it’s so easy their grandma uses it.
I don’t use Linux as anything more than a toy for this very reason. I’ll start taking it seriously when its advocates do.
Yeah. Why would anyone expect one of the most popular video cards in the world to work in Linux. Those idiots.
Just to be clear. I understand why a proprietary card may not work. It isn’t Linux’s responsibility to make it work. However, what isn’t acceptable is for the automated update system of an OS to break a working system. Proprietary driver or not. The update system should have thrown up some very strong warnings that proceeding would break the system.
This would implies the package management system to know the inner working of nvidia drivers so it can warn users when updates would break it. How one’s implement it?
The distro should be testing the driver within their update system before including it in their repo. The package should include metadata about system settings that could potentially break the system.
Distro makers have test machines to test their packages before pushing them out, but they can only cover popular and common hardware. Expecting them to test it on all graphic card permutations is too much considering most distros are released for free and maintained by volunteers, especially since nvidia cards aren’t cheap anymore.
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As long as you keep relying on this cliche excuse, Linux is never going to be treated as a serious desktop operating system.
Distros are trying to create usable, friendly systems. They failed at that if their distros are this fragile. That’s what “unacceptable” means in this context. You can’t just throw your middle finger up in the air at the user when their system fails by saying “you didn’t pay for it” and scurry off giggling. Yet Linux advocates keep pushing Linux on inexperienced users, saying that it’s the solution to everything; that it’s so easy their grandma uses it.
I don’t use Linux as anything more than a toy for this very reason. I’ll start taking it seriously when its advocates do.
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… And your reply shows exactly why no one should take anything you say seriously. You’re just trolling.
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