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On Monday 14 Apr 2014 15:35:00 Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> The nvidia blobs do work well as long as you use them the way they were |
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> intended to be used. |
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> The way they were intended to be used is the same way Windows uses them, |
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> the Linux and Windows drivers share the bulk of the internal code and |
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> Linux feature set most definitely is not the driving force here :-) |
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> Which means some awesome things the X server can do simply do not work |
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> with the blob. The blob also rips out most of the OpenGL and framebuffer |
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> code and replaces it with it's own mysterious black magic, this can add |
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> more wrinkles. |
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> And finally, the Nvidia blob is not at all integrated with the kernel in |
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> any meaningful way, so your running kernel usually ends up 2-4 versions |
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> behind current. |
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Would I be wrong to deduce from this that I would be better off with Radeon |
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cards instead of moving to NVidia? Out of coincidence I have been using |
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Radeon for ever it seems and I have had no problem that I recall with the free |
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radeon drivers. No need to align suitable kernel versions with new video card |
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drivers, or skip any driver versions, or much else. The only thing that I had |
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to think about was how to sort out suitable firmware, but even this was |
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relatively easy. |
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Many people slate Radeon cards and this had me thinking that I should |
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consciously make an effort to buy NVidia, but I am not as sure at this moment |
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in time that this would not bring more problems than its worth? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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