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Frank Peters posted on Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:03:06 -0400 as excerpted: |
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> Actually, until recently, I was very happy using the legacy open source |
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> xorg nvidia driver known simply as as "nv." It is still available in |
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> Gentoo as x11-drivers/xf86-video-nv. |
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> Since I do not do gaming or other intensive graphic activities, I could |
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> get by nicely with just nv. However, the nv driver does not seem to |
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> support the latest hardware too well. |
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FWIW, the old nv driver is legacy, now, and won't be supporting new |
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hardware. AFAIK older hardware should be switching as well, for support |
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with current software, as nv won't be updated for that any longer, either. |
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The same thing happened to it as happened to nvidia's proprietary network |
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driver some years ago; pretty much everyone involved, including the |
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distros that used to ship nv and nvidia itself, seems to have recognized |
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that the reverse-engineered work is now better than nvidia's basic |
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freedomware stub driver, nv, and nouveau has officially taken its place. |
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Duncan - List replies preferred. No HTML msgs. |
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"Every nonfree program has a lord, a master -- |
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and if you use the program, he is your master." Richard Stallman |