livna vs. nvidia

[Lonni J Friedman]

There is no difference between livna and the official NVIDIA driver
package.  The only difference is that one is an RPM, and the other is
not.

On 4/19/06, Paul Lemmons <Paul.Lemmons at tmcaz.com> wrote:
> I have read the "Why use livna" page for the Nvidia drivers. It tells me
> that maintenance is easier. That is cool but it does not really tell me
> what the difference is. I am currently running the drivers as
> distributed by Nvidia and am about to upgrade my kernel. So, I am
> considering switching to the livna drivers. Before I do that, though, I
> would like to know what I am doing.
>
> What is the difference between the two? Is the livna just a repackage of
> the same software I get from Nvidia or is it something different?
>
>


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