Paul Davis wrote:
  2009/9/21 Jens M Andreasen
<jens.andreasen(a)comhem.se>se>:
 to cut to the chase: the nvidia binary driver can cause crashes for
 RT-patched kernel users. 
I guess some people could use 2D instead of 3D animation software ;).
But Blender seems to be a more stable and comfortable application than
all those free 2D applications. There should be an option to use Blender
without 3D support.