On 10/13/10 11:50, Greg Woods wrote: > On Wed, 2010-10-13 at 19:55 +0200, Valent Turkovic wrote: >> I would like to ask any NVidia Fedora users do you use open source or >> proprietary NVidia drivers? > > I generally use the proprietary Nvidia drivers. I *must* use the proprietary driver. >> Why do you use driver that you use? > > Because it supports capabilities that the nouveau driver does not, in > particular VDPAU. The nouveau support for 3D is also spotty at best (or > was the last time I tried it). Because it works at all. I have a dual head with two 1680x1050 monitors. The open source stuff that the distros keep trying to install only light up one monitor at 1280x1024. Every install I must remember to squirrel away the config or I'll get to spend countless hours reconfiguring because the native driver from NVidia is not really supported. >> What are the benefits and disadvantages to both of them? > > nouveau: it's free software, no restrictions. No benefit to me at all. It does not work. > nvidia: not free (as in speech) but it works better for my needs and is > at least free (as in lunch). No need for the "better" qualification at all. >> If you use proprietary drivers how do you install them? > > I have always downloaded the pkg.run It's the only way it can be gotten to work reliably. -- 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
