On Sun, 2008-08-10 at 15:52 +0930, Tim wrote: > On Sat, 2008-08-09 at 22:53 +0200, Bjørn Ivar Johnsen wrote: > > I just realized that I have to download a driver to nvidia card > > specially for Linux!!! > > Just FYI, that sort of thing *may* or may not be necessary. Fedora > already comes with a driver for many NVidia graphics chipsets, but you > may have a card that it won't work with, and you may need the closed > binary NVidia driver maintained by NVidia, themselves. Which, as far as > I thought, is maintained more often. nv is the weenie version. It sucks. It's there and serves some purpose, but the real deal is vastly better. > > There are some problems with using the NVidia driver, it's a closed > binary, and you're up a creek without a paddle if it interacts badly > with your system. I don't use it on two of my PCs, one because their > driver is worse (on that PC) than the one that came with Fedora, the I'm running an older 5200 card and the nVidia driver works a charm. ESPECIALLY if you intend to do 3D graphics. There is no problem if it works for you. If I could only use the Fedora supplied nV drivers, it would be better to put a hammer through the CRT and place burning coals in it for the view and Hotdog roasting, as far as functionality is concerned. As someone else posted, this ain't a religion. The "Right Thing(tm)" is what makes it work, as it was intended. Ric -- ---------------------------------------------------- My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ..the Sin of Ignorance, and the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar https://oar.dev.java.net/ Verizon Cell # 336-254-1339 ----------------------------------------------------- -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
