Making it easy - Automatic download and install

[Bastian Doetsch]

Am Donnerstag, den 04.11.2004, 08:11 -0800 schrieb Matt Zimmerman:
> On Wed, Nov 03, 2004 at 11:06:04PM -0800, Joe Crawford wrote:
> 
> > So going back to the nvidia driver. All the utilities in the world
> > won't make it easy. If the user isn't prompted during install, (or
> > once they've enter the gui) with a dialog box that says something
> > like:
> > 
> > 
> > #################
> > Install Nvidia Video Drivers?
> > 
> > The software necessary for your video card to run its fastest can be
> > automatically downloaded and installed for you.
> > 
> > It has restrictive licensing and is not open source like the rest of the system.
> > 
> > I will however make your system much faster displaying and working
> > with graphics, especially 3D graphics.
> > 
> > Would you like to automatically download and install this software?
> > #################
> 
> There are a few simple reasons why we don't do this.  For most users, the
> free nv driver is more than sufficient.  The proprietary nvidia driver
> causes programs to unexpectedly fail, crashes the X server, panics the
> kernel, and hangs the system.

I totally agree to Matt's opionion concerning graphics drivers. Got a
Radeon 9600XT (btw. working flawlessly with ATI restricted drivers), but
don't really need it. And I don't really know anyone, who needs strong
graphics acceleration who wouldn't be able to figure out how to do it. 

Concerning Java and Flash, I must agree to Joe. It would definitely be
very nice for the average user to have this auto-installed.

Cya Bastian

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>  - mdz
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