Project Stick In The Mud :-)

[Russell Miller]

>
> After I fixed that wonderful permissions problem it almost all started
> working.  I can't get youtube videos to work for some reason, and the USB
> audio adapter I just bought refuses to output stuff, but the azalia is
> working.
>

But then I tried to install the proprietary ATI driver (because the
open-souirce one doesn't support full acceleration) and...  wouldn't you
know it, someone changed the X ABI and it won't run until ATI "fixes their
driver".

I really shudder to think of how a newbie would have tried to handle this
whole thing.  It ain't pretty.  Linux is *not* ready for the desktop, and
I"m starting to wonder if it ever will be.

--Russell
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