Java problem
Karl Larsen
k5di at zianet.com
Sat Dec 29 16:51:32 UTC 2007
David Boles wrote:
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> Karl Larsen wrote:
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>> Craig White wrote:
>> It is interesting the hoops technical people jump through for
>> Political reasons. Java exists on a web page somewhere and it is
>> operating system independent. It is free to all users.
>>
>> But the users need to know how to get it and mount it. If Fedora is
>> not going to use the real java in their distribution it is another
>> reason other versions of Linux are slowly being used by the public (I
>> have not seen any yet in my Wal-Mart).
>>
>> In competition with Windows you do things that are not good from the
>> free software point of view. In my opinion we should change the
>> definition of free to include software available free but without source
>> code. In this group comes the driver for Nvidia hardware. I think what's
>> happening is a Political fix where someone is using the Nvidia software
>> which is NOT with a source code, and when a new kernel is ready they run
>> the Nvidia software and make the kernel driver(s), which are then put in
>> a rpm file and sent to users as a Update. It looks good but is it really
>> good?
>>
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> I just have to ask you Karl. What OS or Linux distribution natively
> includes Sun Java? What OS or Linux distribution natively includes the
> Nvidia drivers that you install?
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> David
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I do not know. Unbuto has Nvidia drivers that worked on my computer.
But it was not perfect. I expect Windows which doesn't change kernels 5
times a year, could have the driver within but not sure it does.
Karl
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