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GNU/Linux World Domination for the Wrong Reasons (Datamation)

GNU/Linux World Domination for the Wrong Reasons (Datamation)

Posted Mar 12, 2008 6:27 UTC (Wed) by JoeBuck (subscriber, #2330)
In reply to: GNU/Linux World Domination for the Wrong Reasons (Datamation) by mmarsh
Parent article: GNU/Linux World Domination for the Wrong Reasons (Datamation)

Linus just does the kernel, which is only a small (though vital) part of a distribution. The people who put together Debian or Fedora are highly motivated by freedom issues.

And even Linus has no interest in helping you get your proprietary nVidia or ATI driver to work.


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