nVidia installer needs kernel-source to compile driver

[Douglas Stewart]

Albert DE WINT wrote:
> The Fedora installer might include the option to install the
> kernel-source rpm by default, whenever an nVidia card is detected.
> 
> On step further might be to present the nVidia installer after the
> Fedora installation has finished.  The user would have the option to get
> the 3D driver installed immediately.
> 
> Would the nVidia company have any objections?
> 

I don't think the objection is on nVidia's end, it's on RedHat's end. 
The nVidia drivers are closed-source, which goes against the philosophy 
of RH distros.

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Doug Stewart
Systems Administrator/Web Applications Developer
Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Labs

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