Official torvalds comment, as requested: http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/06/linus-...
(The workaround is to use the nouveau driver, which is fairly capable as long as you're not trying to play 3D games)
(The workaround is to use the nouveau driver, which is fairly capable as long as you're not trying to play 3D games)
For me the thought of losing nvidia driver support on Ubuntu is rather scary given the current state of all other 3D drivers (and certainly other Distro's might follow with Wayland). I hope the status of other drivers improves a lot before that switch or 3D on Linux will be set back a lot.
Also, given the number of people using Nvidia drivers on Ubuntu, my guess would be that Ubuntu will not switch to Wayland until the compatibility issue is solved.