Re: [nvidia-graphics-drivers] frustration with slow Nvidia drivers release schedule

2013-09-06 Thread AG Restringere
rd. On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 3:35 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote: > If you have a support contract with Canonical, then maybe Canonical has a > support obligation, but Ubuntu, in particular for proprietary software, > has no > support "obligation". > > Scott K > > On F

Re: [nvidia-graphics-drivers] frustration with slow Nvidia drivers release schedule

2013-09-06 Thread AG Restringere
proprietary Nvidia drivers - even worse. On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Scott Kitterman wrote: > AG Restringere wrote: > >> If you have a support contract with Canonical, then maybe Canonical > >has a > >> support obligation, but Ubuntu, in particular for propr

Re: [nvidia-graphics-drivers] frustration with slow Nvidia drivers release schedule

2013-09-06 Thread AG Restringere
It's very simple: Nvidia "certifies" a driver in the "long lived branch", when it releases a new stable driver it recommends every Linux user to install that driver immediately for the best experience. Ubuntu has a support obligation make the latest most up-to-date "certified" drivers available t

Re: Ubuntu-devel-discuss Digest, Vol 82, Issue 2

2013-09-03 Thread AG Restringere
By the way, if you would like to see Ubuntu embrace a rapid-release cycle and release really fresh Nvidia drivers the bug I filed was upgraded to Wishlist meaning you can actually vote for it being implemented by logging in to your www.launchpad.net account clicking on "this bug affects me" and cli

[nvidia-graphics-drivers] frustration with slow Nvidia drivers release schedule

2013-09-02 Thread AG Restringere
Something that has really frustrated me about Ubuntu is how nvidia-graphics drivers packages are never kept in sync with the upstream release schedule. As a former Windows user I learned a long time ago that the way to achieve the best performance from your machine was to keep up to date with offi