Linux video driver install not complicated, Max seems pleased

After years of taking on the Linux Video Driver Challenge I feel both anger and relief that the video driver install in Ubuntu 8.04.1 "Just Works (tm)" (take that Mac fanbois) and there was no mucking about in the xorg.conf (which I dutifully made a backup of just in case) file in text mode, dreaded black screen of death or having to extract a out of the binary drivers that the recommended Nvidia procedure missed, it was a simple click, wait for download and restart procedure.

After entering the admin password all I had to do was tick the "use restricted drivers box" and let Synaptic, Ubuntu's package manger do its work.

The downside of this is that I am no considered as 1334 as I previously was when I said I got the Nvidia drivers working under Linux

You can have your analogy and eat it too

Last night I developed an analogy for operating systems based on Cake, everybody likes cake, right?

First I begin with the Microsoft cake shop. From the Microsoft cake shop you can purchase the Microsoft Cake XP™. Whilst you don’t know what ingredients are in Microsoft Cake XP™ or how Microsoft Cake XP™ was made you find that after Icing Pack 2 was applied to Microsoft Cake XP™ it is quiet a good product. Microsoft Cake XP™ comes in one flavour but three sizes Microsoft Cake XP™ home, Microsoft Cake XP™ Media Centre Edition and Microsoft Cake XP™ Professional. Microsoft Cake XP™ is also Quiet Pricey at $350 per cake.

Now onto Linux Cake. You can buy Linux Cake pre-made but it’s generally harder to get a hold of. This is due to the recipe for Linux Cake being available for free, you still need the ingredients but the recipe is free. This means that you as the “eater” have to make or get made for you, the cake itself. This ensures that you know the quality of the Cake and what ingredients comprise the Cakes composition. Linux Cake comes in all flavours and sizes as well as being able to make your own flavour of Linux Cake.

Finally Apple Cake ™, Apple Cake X™ is cheaper then Microsoft Cake XP™ at only $200 per cake but the real kicker is that Apple Cake X™ can only be eaten from an official Apple™ bowl, using an official Apple™ spoon and can only be topped with officially sanctioned Apple™ cream. The Cake is quiet cheap but you pay through the nose for the hardware to support it. Apple Cake X™ only comes in one flavour and one size and while you can see some of what’s in Apple Cake X™ you can’t make it yourself nor can you have any other flavour.