This morning ridgeland, a user of UbuntuForums, sent me an email with a link to one of Matt Hartley‘s article, “Open Source Projects: 15 To Watch”.
Reading this article made me very happy. Knowing that my work is appreciated is by far one of the most satisfying experiences I can have.
Here is the introduction of the article, just to give you an idea of what the article is about:
Within the past few years, the software movement known as “open source” has gained serious traction over its proprietary cousins. As it has taken hold of the mainstream, many of these applications – like Firefox and Thunderbird – are used everyday, without a second thought as to their origins.
But what about the apps that are headed toward center stage, yet are still under development even though they demonstrate considerable promise? Here’s a survey of some of these programs, including what they do and how they’ll affect open source as a functional alternative in the future:
And here is the part about Envy:
11) Envy
Envy is a video driver installation utility that helped to take the pain out of installing NVIDIA and ATI drivers for thousands of Ubuntu and Debian users alike. Always under constant development, the creator of this project has been able to provide a real model of open source software efficiency.
To me, what stood out the most was the level of support the creator of this utility offers. It’s almost beyond comprehension how much time he has invested in helping people get their video card issues straightened out.
Reasons to watch this open source project: Utilities like Envy, quite frankly, make or break Linux adoption for the new user. And because of the success rate that people have had with Envy instead of using Ubuntu’s Feisty restricted option, which has a mixed success rate, new users will be giving the Linux platform a second chance – all thanks to Envy.
You can read the full article here
I have to agree completely with the article: your work has done Linux life much easier for a lot of people (including me!).
Please, dont have any doubt that your work is being appreciated very much!!
Gracie mile Alberto!!!
Totally agree, you deserve it and i congrats you for that, nice work, and a thousand thanks.
I totally agree with the article! Without you, i wouldn’t be enjoying beryl and my games ^^
Mille merci, Alberto !
😀
Congratulations, you deserve it. Without Envy, install the nVidia driver when the Xserver die would be MUCH harder 😉
What does this tool offer than the Restricted Drivers Manager in Ubuntu 7.04 doesn’t?
I found your site through that page! Thanks for making such useful software! I’m giving it a try right now. 🙂
Travis:
the Restricted Drivers Manager is a good application. However there are at least 2 things it can’t do:
1) it won’t let you install the latest release of a graphic driver since it relies upon Ubuntu’s repositories.
2) it won’t be able to modify the xorg.conf if this has been edited manually before.
3) Ok, this is not a problem of the Restricted Drivers Manager: driver 9755 won’t work with Geforce 8800 cards since there is a bug in the restricted modules (to which I proposed a solution)(I hope the fix I suggested on launchpad can be committed soon). The driver installed by Envy is not affected by this problem.
Didn’t work for me. 🙁 I have an ATI card on my Dell Inspiron 5100 laptop. I haven’t had any luck getting it to work 🙁
Maybe it will be supported in the future…
I couldn’t agree more! Envy is marvelous! Thanks to Envy I was able to get my ATI drivers _and_ beryl up-and-running in no time!
Thx and keep up the good work Alberto!!!
Congratulations!
Thanks so much for your work.
gald you’re getting the notice you deserve, hope it keeps you encouraged to keep going, as i’m sure it’s a pain alot
I get error# ATI’s Legacy Driver Does Not Support Your Operative System
I’m running Feisty
hkat:
Sorry but ATI dropped the support for your card since the legacy driver is not compatible with Xorg 7.2 (which Feisty uses).
Use the uninstall function to restore mesa and direct rendering.
You should keep using the “ati” open source driver
Top work and well deserved recognition for a great little application. The Envy script has definitely been the thing which has completed my switch to Ubuntu and it makes World of Padman a delight to play instead of a lagfest. Ta
Stu
Your work is REALLY appreciated!
Well, I picked out your app based on the fact that it is going into a badly needed direction. You are doing fantastic work – I appreciate it personally on my Edgy box, believe me. 🙂