On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 10:47 AM, John Hodrien <J.H.Hodrien at leeds.ac.uk> wrote: > > It's still the case that a graphics driver error on linux can take out the > entire system, so it's not like linux is some sort of gold standard on this > front. e.g., any modern Ubuntu can write 300 GB per day of syslog if equipped with at least certain Nvidia video cards (I'm unaware of which ones might work). That makes the system unusable, essentially a self-invoked denial of service. Apparently there is a little internal disagreement in the Debian/Ubuntu camp about Nouveau. https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BinaryDriverHowto/Nvidia#Recommended which says, in part: <quote> Recommended step for Ubuntu 10.04 or higher Nouveau, an open source driver, is installed by default. You can remove it by command-line by entering this: sudo apt-get --purge remove xserver-xorg-video-nouveau </quote>