The preferred method to get NVIDIA drivers for Fedora is to use the RPM Fusion repositories (http://rpmfusion.org/Howto/nVidia). Drivers installed this way will be automatically updated with the kernel as required.
-----Original Message----- From: CCP4 bulletin board [mailto:CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On Behalf Of David Schuller Sent: February-22-11 9:30 AM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: Re: [ccp4bb] linux flavors Installation of the proprietary nVidia driver is easier with Fedora 14; the hassles with removing the Nouveau driver have been greatly simplified. We use Fedora, although I certainly cannot claim that it has been problem free. It does seem better suited for centrally-managed systems, as compared with the most frequently mentioned alternative, Ubuntu, which is perhaps more suitable for a single owner-operator environment. On 02/22/11 10:16, David Roberts wrote: > Hello all, > > Quick question on linux varieties. For years (and years) I have used > fedora (after Ultrix of course). In fact, most of my computers are > running FC7 (that long ago), it's very stable and works fine. However, > since it is no longer supported, I'm toying with upgrading. > > I upgraded one machine to FC13. However, this nouveau driver thing is > killing me, and getting my nvidia drivers installed is hopeless (I have > followed every thread on this and I simply give up - it's not worth > it). With a Zalman monitor it doesn't matter - nouveau works fine and > my stereo is good - so I don't really care (or do I). > > The question is this - what flavors of linux out there are simplest to > install - work instantly with various hardwares, and run stereo > seamlessly (either Zalman stereo or hardware stereo with an emitter). > For zalman anything works - which is why I'm going that way - but I > still need hardware stereo on a few machines. So, for hardware, I need > my nvidia drivers to install easily. > > I'm downloading ubuntu - is that a good choice? Can I run different > flavors of linux with nfs and share drives in a local network (so one > has fc7, one has fc13, and another has ubuntu)? > > Thanks > > Dave -- ======================================================================= All Things Serve the Beam ======================================================================= David J. Schuller modern man in a post-modern world MacCHESS, Cornell University schul...@cornell.edu
