Yes. NVIDIA refuses to make a useful open source driver. It is barely functional and it generally sucks really really bad. Stay away from NVIDIA when doing open source.
On Sat, May 03, 2008 at 08:48:48PM +1000, Sunnz wrote: > I am just wondering if the NV driver for nVidia cards are supposed to > be slow, for just the desktop? That is, no 3D. > > I am currently running Xfce Desktop on 4.2-release, just surfing the > web and stuff, nothing heavy... and Desktop switching, maximising > windows, and stuff takes unusually long time... of course I would not > expect the same performance with the binary blob driver on Linux, but > by a long time I mean it takes 5 - 30 seconds "freeze" to do > anything... maximising a window takes 5 - 10 seconds, while switching > desktop spaces takes 20 - 30 seconds, depends on how many windows are > on that space. > > For non-drawing purpose, it is all very fast, minimise is very quick, > switching to an empty desktop space is an instant. So I guess it may > be the window manager, xfwm4? > > So yea I am wondering if this is normal for xfce on nVidia cards... > like if it is xfce's problem, or X Windows, or driver?? > > Thanks. > > -- > This e-mail may be confidential. You may not copy, forward, > distribute, or, use any part of it. If you have received this message > in error, please delete it from your system and notify the sender > immediately by return e-mail. The sender does not accept liability for > any errors, or, omissions. Note, this text has no effective legal > binding on your part. There is no obligation to abide any or all parts > of this, just as any texts appended to e-mail on rest of the Internet. > For more information about disclaimers, please see: > http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/
