livna vs. nvidia

[Dan]

Paul Lemmons 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?
>
>
>   
The livna drivers are indeed a repackaging of nVidia's closed source 
drivers, so that they are easier to install and do for you all the 
necessary configuration and adaptation to be compatible with the rest of 
Fedora. The kernel module is built against each stable kernel that is 
released. Since it's already built you don't need kernel-devel to 
install the driver.
-Dan