The date and time was 10/30/2008 12:06 PM, and on a whim, Alias -)
pounded out on the keyboard:
> Mike Hall - MVP wrote:
>> "Alias" <iamalias@gmailREMOVETHIS.com> wrote in message
>> news:gecj5n$8ln$2@aioe.org...
>>> That said, due to VERY HIGH DEMAND, you may have to be patient. I used
>>> the Oxford University mirror and it downloaded just fine. That was a
>>> few hours ago and now all servers are busy due to VERY HIGH DEMAND.
>>>
>>> Alias
>>
>> This is hardly a feature..
>>
>> "The 71 and 96 series of proprietary nVidia drivers, as provided by the
>> nvidia-glx-legacy and nvidia-glx packages in Ubuntu 8.04, are not
>> compatible with the X.Org included in Ubuntu 8.10. Users with the nVidia
>> TNT, TNT2, TNT Ultra, GeForce, GeForce2, GeForce3, and GeForce4 chipsets
>> are affected and will be transitioned on upgrade to the free nv driver
>> instead. This driver does not support 3D acceleration."
>>
>
> Not a whole lot of people have those old video cards. A new Geforce6
> will cost you around 20 EUR.
>
> Next?
>
> Alias
Just the majority of Dell workstations and laptops that are two to five
years old or so...but I suppose not many of them will be installing it
anyway. I know Dell wasn't the only one using those chipsets. They
were all extremely popular.
I believe more users that built their own boxes will install a version
of Linux over those that purchased a pre-built one. And second would be
those that modified their pre-built in some way (added a hard drive,
video card, etc.) Those that haven't done either won't venture into
unchartered territory IMO.
--
Terry R.
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