You get it! Thank you! I now withdraw!
Bravo!: Thank you! I think that I explain how I understand the ATi drivers in my last post to Ad____. You're right, I wasn't specific enough about the terminology--after all, with the Klingons pummeling my ship, my head's metal plate became loose!
As for Cyberlink--you're right--and, they're not the first vendor to do this, I do remember a company selling Linux drivers for "paperweight" printers several years ago. The Cyberlink programs for Linux are somewhat different--they use proprietary codecs. (Unfortunately, Ogg/Theora and many others haven't gone over with the public as well as many of us had hoped.) Cyberlink, as well as ATi and nVidia, certainly won't provide source code. The codecs are more important to the community than particular printer drivers. In a sense, they're just below the importance of workable video drivers to most users in the community....
You're last point is key: What good is "whiz bang" if you can't see it?! Nonetheless, as mentioned before yesterday, I did get the driver to work after all with setting manipulation. I suppose my (reconstituted) point is that it may prove to be a good idea in the future for "rolling" releases to be handled more as the Enterprise releases you mention are handled. That's all!
As I mentioned to Ad____, given adoption of the new replacement firmware for the BIOS being considered by mainboard mfrs., our points may prove "moot."
I'm sorry to all that I didn't form my complaint more clearly and with more sensitivity. It shouldn't have come out as a strong attack against the great Linux developers, although it did. I apologize to them and to all whom I have offended here. I think my point finally is clarified--thanks in good part to bridgman. I'm moving on!
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Bravo!: Thank you! I think that I explain how I understand the ATi drivers in my last post to Ad____. You're right, I wasn't specific enough about the terminology--after all, with the Klingons pummeling my ship, my head's metal plate became loose!
As for Cyberlink--you're right--and, they're not the first vendor to do this, I do remember a company selling Linux drivers for "paperweight" printers several years ago. The Cyberlink programs for Linux are somewhat different--they use proprietary codecs. (Unfortunately, Ogg/Theora and many others haven't gone over with the public as well as many of us had hoped.) Cyberlink, as well as ATi and nVidia, certainly won't provide source code. The codecs are more important to the community than particular printer drivers. In a sense, they're just below the importance of workable video drivers to most users in the community....
You're last point is key: What good is "whiz bang" if you can't see it?! Nonetheless, as mentioned before yesterday, I did get the driver to work after all with setting manipulation. I suppose my (reconstituted) point is that it may prove to be a good idea in the future for "rolling" releases to be handled more as the Enterprise releases you mention are handled. That's all!
As I mentioned to Ad____, given adoption of the new replacement firmware for the BIOS being considered by mainboard mfrs., our points may prove "moot."
I'm sorry to all that I didn't form my complaint more clearly and with more sensitivity. It shouldn't have come out as a strong attack against the great Linux developers, although it did. I apologize to them and to all whom I have offended here. I think my point finally is clarified--thanks in good part to bridgman. I'm moving on!
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