[gentoo-user] Re: emerge latest in a certain version series of a package

[James]

Thanasis <thanasis <at> asyr.hopto.org> writes:


> That's my case, ie Nvidia drivers for a relatively old hardware (AGP
> Graphics).

> Nothing special. I am merely a home user, maintaining a few PCs. That's all.

Nividia is a *VENDOR* that chooses not to provide information so 
drivers can be properly maintained, historically. ATI (AMD now) is a vendor
who provides information so drivers can be maintained, even optimized, into
perpetuity.

Maybe you chose unwisely?............(get ATI next time) unless
you have a valid reason for choosing a "prick" as your vendor?

As part of the open source community, I would think you have a 
repsonsibility to *reward those vendors that work generously with the 
greater open source community* ?

caveat emptor!

PS, if you card is very old, you can probably trade it for a
similar ATI card, imho. I do not waiste my time on nvidia*.


hth,
James