From: "Gary Britt" 

Yes and no.  You can get Aero\Vista preinstalled (someday) and you don't
have to recompile anything.  Linux's new fangled stuff that is pointed to
as better than windows will never be preinstalled in the volume Windows is
(at least not in the next 5 years) so that means these things need to NOT
require a kernel recompile in the meantime if Linux wants to beat Windows.
Great new features of Linux need to install like apps under windows, with
no more effort or thought from the user than when installing a windows app.
Whatever is required to install a new feature should be done automatically
and without asking the user to waive a chicken over his head and answer a
bunch of extremely cryptic unix guru type questions.

Gary


"Adam"  wrote in message
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> Gary Britt wrote:
>> The commenter I quoted wasn't talking about the regular video in Linux
>> not supporting Nvidia and ATI cards.  He was talking about the super
>> duper XGL fancy virtual desktops on cubes and super transparency stuff
>> that is done in the video that got George's attention.  Its that super
>> duper XGL stuff that he said didn't support Nvidia and ATI cards without
>> special drivers and a kernel recompile.
>>
> No different to Aero then except that to get Aero you have to completely
> change your OS from XP to Vista.
>
>
> Adam

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