On Mon, 2010-08-16 at 20:01 -0700, john wendel wrote: > I should just keep quiet, but anyhow ... Yes, why tempt fate, when you can... ;-) > I just installed the latest evil Nvidia driver, which works great on > my F11 box, and nothing is broken. I just did 'ls -ltr' in all > the /usr directories, and I don't see anything "stomped" on except for > some include files. All the files installed by the Nvidia installer > (except the include files) have "nvidia" and/or a version number in > their name. Nvidia replaces libGL (and friends), but the files are > properly versioned, and the original files are still there. If they have stopped stomping on original files, then it's news to us. Because the have for years. > I really don't understand the "problem". Is it practical or > philosophical? You could start by reading: http://rpmfusion.org/RPMFusionSwitcher Not to mention that one of the great benefits of using Fedora with packages from the usual repos, is that "yum update" takes care of everything. Unlike the Windows-style of management, where everything is separately handled (Windows does its own updates, your drivers need separately updating, your software individually checks with mummy for updates once a day, or each time you fire it up). There used to be an easy to find page that detailed exactly what blunders Nvidia did to your system with their install, but I can't find it right now. Considering their prior behaviour, I have little faith in them. -- [tim@localhost ~]$ uname -r 2.6.27.25-78.2.56.fc9.i686 Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists. Hacker: You show me mine, and I'll show you yours. Open source: You show me yours, and I'll show you mine. Closed source: You sell me yours, and I'll lease you mine. -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
