On 07/19/2010 05:27 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote: > On 07/20/2010 05:53 AM, Michael Miles wrote: > >> I am finding it hard to deal with as RPMFusion and Fedora are two >> seperate thing but when it blocks a update then yes I do think it is a >> Fedora issue. >> >> > Among the mainstream distributions, Fedora is unique in that, it > doesn't have a official non-free repository or repo for patent > encumbered code. Although RPM Fusion is as close as it gets, it should > be noted that RPM Fusion is a third party repository with a different > infrastructure. Fedora simply does not care about proprietary kernel > modules or any third party kernel module for that matter. If Fedora > does, the kernel maintainers, add it as a patch rather than leave it as > a kernel module package. This means, if you run a third party repo, > support for it within Fedora is limited. > > Rahul > It's really too bad because if you want your Video card to work 100% you need the nvidia drivers. Oh well, considering the two main Video companies is Nvidia and Ati it would be good to have a Fedora based driver that works 100%. I am not knocking Nouveau but it still has a way to go before it can be called a driver replacement. Thanks again for the answer back Michael -- 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
