On 9/25/07, Richi Plana <myfedora(a)richip.dhs.org> wrote:
Of course, there's really nothing we can do about it at this
point, but
I was wondering if there was a better way to mitigate the problem (like
add instructions on the error dialog for getting the needed drivers in
as few steps as possible).
1) This tool is meant to help people running the Games LiveCD... no
way to install more drivers while in live mode.
2) No.. as a project we will not be handing out explicit instructions
on how to install 3rd party binary video drivers via a client dialog.
Otherwise you may as well call the release
3D-Games-For-Intel-and-other-open-source-friendly-hardware-vendors
Release.
And that is the WHOLE point. This is what Fedora IS, as a project it
is focused completely and utterly on the open source software stack.
We aren't sugar coating it or hiding the fact that video driver
coverage is a problem, by slipping users proprietary pills. Video
driver coverage IS a problem, its a problem that needs to be stressed
and not covered over in a very shallow and vain attempt to boost our
distribution numbers by sneaking in addon drivers we don't support as
a project.
As the information being churned out of the AMD/ATI spec releases
start to get churned into open driver development, something like
opengl intensive livecd makes a lot of sense to me as a tool to help
users who care about open source to make better hardware purchasing
choices.
-jef"please tell me the wrapper script dialog is disablable so users
who want to play with 3 fps video can do so..even in a livecd
install"spaleta