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On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 09:09:16AM +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> On Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:36:06 -0500 |
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> Canek Pel?ez Vald?s <caneko@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 4:30 PM, Stefan G. Weichinger |
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> > <lists@×××××.at> wrote: |
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> > > Am 11.04.2012 23:16, schrieb ny6p01@×××××.com: |
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> > > |
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> > >> I use the nouveau drivers because they update themselves when you |
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> > >> update the kernel, and there's less work involved in keeping |
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> > >> everything up to date. But I can't comment on the nvidia drivers |
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> > >> since I've never tried them. Nouveau works well enough for me. |
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> > > |
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> > > See my other reply: Nikos hit the point. |
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> > |
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> > I actually changed to nouveau because the desktop performance of |
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> > nvidia-drivers sucked at the time. I still use nvidia-drivers in my |
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> > media center (because of VDPAU), but in my desktop I changed about |
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> > year and a half ago, and I'm pretty happy with it. |
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> > |
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> > Before that, I used nvidia-drivers for many years, and it was always |
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> > full of ups and downs; some versions worked great, others were barely |
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> > usable. The nouveau drivers have been consistently good, even for |
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> > small 3D use (things like Blender). |
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> > |
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> > If you don't use (modern) games, I highly recommend the nouveau |
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> > drivers. For a modern desktop they work great. |
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> I'll second that. I don't need blazing fast 3D performance, I do need |
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> stable drivers that keep pace with kernel releases. I got tired of |
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> having to remember to fully test nvidia-drivers every time I did a |
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> kernel upgrade so switched to nouveau. |
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> That was the previous laptop. This current one has an ATI card and I |
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> use ati drivers rather than fglrx for the same reason. |
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> The other killer was that I could never get nvidia-drivers to deal with |
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> a multi-monitor setup in any kind of sane fashion. nVidia does do |
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> multi-monitor, it just wants to present it in a way that made no sense |
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> to me at all. Even something as simple as unplugging my desk monitor |
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> and going to a meeting room to do a presentation on the projector |
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> required an X restart. |
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Yes, nouveau is very adept at juggling monitors. |
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Terry |
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