> (though obviously it's their fault for using a proprietary blob) I couldn't agree more. The problem with these news sites [1] is that they make the kernel de

> (though obviously it's their fault for using a proprietary blob) I couldn't agree more. The problem with these news sites [1] is that they make the kernel developers look like stubborn zealots that refuse to do something that would ultimately benefit the users, when in fact they aren't really doing anything wrong. The news sites fail to mention the root of this problem: nVidia, a hardware manufacturer, refuses to open source their drivers. This may sound like no big deal; after all, lots of IT companies do that, right?. But it is a big deal. Refusing to open source the drivers is in fact refusing to let the users have control over the their hardware. It's not an end-user application that you can choose not to use; it's the thing that controls the hardware you own. "You can use it, but only through this restricted interface we give you, you can't look inside!". Not a nice move in my books. [1]: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTA0ODE http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTA0O...