Ubuntu 19.10 To Bundle NVIDIA's Proprietary Driver Packages As Part Of Its ISO

[Anvil]

GPL violation?

there allowed to install the Nvidia repo by default, AFAIK there not allowed to install the software by default, same as Fedora.

[ThoreauHD]

If you bothered looking at any linux newbie post on a forum or subreddit, you'd understand why they are doing this. If your first experience with Linux was you thinking it just killed your computer, would you be here today?

There are some serious barriers to entry for people that just want to use Linux. The goal of ANY technology or process is to reduce friction. That's it. This is a necessary step in that direction until AMD/Intel get off their gimpware gpu's, compete, and at least attempt to be ubiquitous in the market.

[Mel Spektor]

the point here is not and ideological discussion of propietary vs free software, it is that they are promoting components that create multiple problems with the kernel and xorg. If you have problems with the nvidia driver, I suppose they have the means to give support? ridiculous this is why Ubuntu is not so strong at the entreprise level.

[kbios]

Mandriva Powerpack came with the nvidia blob preinstalled in 2007, so nothing revolutionary really...

[M@GOid]

So, all the people running the GNU Linux-libre kernel are here complaining hum? Interesting.
/S

I imagine how much of the people criticizing Canonical, are using Trisquel or similar. Or are just hypocrites on blobbed kernels posing as opensource champions.

[Templar82]

Most people need this driver, including it on the disk is hardly "caving in to Nvidia" its just making the users life easier.

[andyprough]

So, all the people running the GNU Linux-libre kernel are here complaining hum? Interesting.
/S

I imagine how much of the people criticizing Canonical, are using Trisquel or similar. Or are just hypocrites on blobbed kernels posing as opensource champions.

I'm running linux-libre on Debian Buster, and I'm not complaining. Ubuntu and Nvidia can do whatever they want. I run free software because it works better for me and I can do more and different stuff with it. It isn't that proprietary software is evil. It's that when it screws up, you have to live with your bad investment. Why not invest in yourself and your own skills and knowledge instead?

[Bobby Bob]

Including a driver that 80% of new Ubuntu users are going to need immediately anyway is just a logical move. Glad to see they have done this, it's definitely overdue. Now if only they could make it the default driver instead of the open source one.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to use the open source driver, but until it is at least comparable to the official proprietary driver in quality, it's an unacceptable option. As other said, the goal of any OS should be to reduce friction and make a computer easier to use. The absurd hoops a new Linux user has to jump through right now to add the graphics driver they need for an NVIDIA GPU is a turn off to new potential Linux users. With more users, Linux will get better support from NVIDIA, we have to play the long game.

[re:fi.64]

I don't get all the complaints, sure it's less "pure", but realistically those who will be helped the most are those who are just diving into Linux with already-purchased NVIDIA cards and run into nouveau bugs. I was just trying to help someone with this earlier today; Ubuntu installed successfully, but GDM wouldn't load.

[TheYoshiGuy]

ubuntu is favoring Nvidia? seems so, it's not fair that the companies that don't play by the rules get promoted and get same treat as the ones that do. they are just saying to nvidia -"keep doing this forever, it's just fine"- , ( no it is not )

How is it favouring nvidia? You mean because they don't include the amdgpu-pro driver as well?
That would be doing AMD users a disservice. The opensource drivers are much better for AMD.