Two cents more: The nvidia driver installation became a problem when the compiler used to build the kernel was no longer the default compiler. The nvidia installation scripts compares the version of the default compiler on the system to the version used to build the kernel. They are not the same version on Fedora. They were on Redhat. So, the nvidia script refuses to build and install the driver until doing an 'export CC=gcc32'. Users never had to set this switch with Redhat. This resulted in the flood of e-mail to the Fedora mail list. Yes, nvidia has comments in their documentation on how to do this, but it is not clearly written for a novice. Fedora did not warn Redhat converts of the change. I don't think the Fedora project (my personal opinion) wants to become so exclusive as to exclude novices wanting to get involved and learn the ropes. Yes, the repeated e-mails can be tiresome. But, until a better system is in place to obtain information, they won't stop. Its been my observation that the Fedora chat channel gets the same type of repeated traffic. Respectfully, mea
