On 12/10/06, Hadders <fedora@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm just wondering why the Linux group prefers the livna kmod-nvidia driver for Linux over nVidias downloadable driver? Is it because linva offers kernel specific versions? with smp?
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-test-list/2006-February/msg01565.html QUOTING Mike A. Harris, Systems Engineer, X11 Development team, Red Hat Canada Conclusions: If you are going to use any 3rd party proprietary drivers, please do yourself and everyone else a huge favour, and at least get your drivers from reputable 3rd party rpm package repositories such as livna.org which packages both the nvidia and ati proprietary drivers in rpm packages which install the drivers sanely without overwriting Red Hat/Fedora supplied files. These 3rd party packages install the files in alternative locations, and configure the X server et al. appropriately so that everything works. Since they do not blow away OS supplied files, you can use the OS supplied drivers still by reconfiguring xorg.conf. Also, if you decide to uninstall the 3rd party drivers via rpm, they just go away and cause no further harm to the system. So PLEASE USE THIRD PARTY RPM PACKAGES if you _must_ use 3rd party drivers. It helps create world peace. /ENDQUOTE To summarize: it is generally good practice to install RPM packaged software when using RPM based linux distributions. If you did more research on your own you would find there are other advantages including speed of install, smaller download sizes, easier upgrading, etc. -Mauriat
