No Closed Video Drivers For Next Ubuntu Release

lisah writes "Ubuntu's next release, Feisty Fawn, is due out in April and, according to company CTO Matt Zimmerman, proprietary video drivers failed to make the cut for the default install. Zimmerman told Linux.com that although the software required for Composite support is not ready for prime-time and therefore will not be included in Feisty, Ubuntu hasn't given up entirely on including video drivers in future releases. '[T]he winds aren't right yet. We will continue to track development and will revisit the decision if things change significantly.' Ambiguous or not, the decision to exclude proprietary drivers for now should satisfy at least some members of the Ubuntu Community. In other Feisty Fawn news, the Board also decided to downgrade support for Power PC due to a lack of funding." Linux.com and Slashdot are both part of OSTG.

Comments

Re:more than just desktops,

[notamisfit]

Honestly, what do people expect? It's a fucking *nix.

Re:Why?

[Anonymous Coward]

Until you can actually use hardware the way you do with other OS, Linux on the desktop for everyone will remain fiction.

So what? Who put a bunch of snotty Jonnie-come-lately ignoramuses in charge of establishing the objectives of the free software movement? The free software movement is not about world domination and making it easy for you to play games; it's about freedom. You might not get it, you might not like, but that's the fact, Jack. Get used to it.

There are plenty of alternatives for people who don't give a shit about the ideological objectives of the free software movement. If you don't agree with the objectives of the free software movement, shut up and go elsewhere.

Re:nope, you can't read this

[Anonymous Coward]

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Excellent!

[Anonymous Coward]

Just one more reason not to use this crap version of linux.