livna vs. nvidia

[Paul Lemmons]

Ok... this was a scary article...

It does lead to another question though. I do have the drivers from the
vendor installed. Do I need to uninstall them before I install the livna
version? If so, how?

-----Original Message-----
From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com
[mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Paul Howarth
Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2006 10:23 AM
To: For users of Fedora Core releases
Subject: Re: livna vs. nvidia

Lonni J Friedman top-posted:
> 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?

Actually there is a very important difference. The livna package won't 
clobber your system libraries.

http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-devel-list/2006-February/msg01178.htm
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Paul.

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