Fedora Core 6 HUGE problem

[Alan Cox]

> As far as I know, the latest drivers for the latest video cards don't come
> stock with Windows XP or Vista either.  (I've never installed MS Windows on
> anything so I could be wrong here, but it has always been my understanding that
> they require a separate download.)

You are correct.

Out of the box windows will try and use a matching driver if it has one
(the hardware is old enough or generic enough), or things like VESA bios
support (which is also what Fedora uses as the X fallback).