On Tue, 18 Nov 2008, Michel Fodje wrote:
> On Tue, 2008-11-18 at 09:40 -0500, James M. Vergis wrote:
>
> 2) Graphics Cards:
> I like the Nvidia cards since they provide linux drivers. ATI also does
> now. I would say the only thing I don't like about them is when you do a
> kernel update you have to remake the driver.
>
> I would just add that for those using Fedora, you can avoid having to remake
> the driver by using the RPMFusion repositories to install the Nvidia drivers.
> This way updating the kernel automatically installs the corresponding Nvidia
> kernel module. The same applies to AMD/ATI drivers.
The same is true for SUSE distros: you don't have to recompile the NVIDIA
drivers (or the ATI ones, AFAIK) on a kernel upgrade as long as you have
enabled the correct package repository for the driver.
Regards,
Peter.
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