1. The nv driver that ships with the OS does the same software
rendering other open source drivers do.
2. The ati open source driver is not made by ati, and has very little
hardware rendering functionality.
3. The only thing on the nforce boards that require drivers is the
network card, and I'm not even sure that's true anymore.
4. There is an nvidia installer option that allows installation of
multiple modules. I believe its -k, but check NVIDIA*.sh -A; for the
advanced options.
5. With this in mind, I don't think there is reason to not buy NVIDIA
stuff. There aren't really any reasonable alternatives besides ATi.
But on the plus side, the upper range of ATi Radeon cards do seem to
outperform (outbenchmark) the upper range of NVidia cards.
-Eric Hattemer
Hawaii Linux Institute wrote:
I installed the mainline 2.6.5 kernel over the weekend on both FC1 and
FC2T1/2. Have not seem to have any problem (except the following
caveat).
The biggest "annoyance" (to put it politely) is that, for systems
which have either the nForce chipset or the GeForce video cards, the
drivers must be recompiled for a specific kernel. Big bad pain in the
rear. This also means that you are practically prevented from
dual-booting from two kernel versions which share the same root
partition.
Thus, unless nVidia becomes more open-sourcely correct (if ever), stay
away from their products. Use VIA chipsets and ATI cards.
Other than that, the mainline kernels appear to work seamlessly with
Fedora Core. For desktop users, you will love the new pre-emptive
feature of the 2.6 kernels. (FC2 has 2.6.5 kernel, but I don't think
this feature is turned on by default). wayne
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