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nVidia does not supply Open Source drivers for GNU/Linux. Thus some extra work is required to get nVidia graphics chips working.
The lack of open-source driver doesn't concern me. I like functional drivers; I couldn't care less whether or not the source is available. I'm sorry your nvidia card gave you trouble, but rest assured you're a vocal minority. I've heard very few people that have had issues installing an Nvidia graphics card in Linux.
Dang, the nVidia installer works for me every time. I don't see any reason to do it differently. I'm with techieMoe on this one.
nVidia does not supply Open Source drivers for GNU/Linux. Thus some extra work is required to get nVidia graphics chips working.
The lack of open-source driver doesn't concern me. I like functional drivers; I couldn't care less whether or not the source is available. I'm sorry your nvidia card gave you trouble, but rest assured you're a vocal minority. I've heard very few people that have had issues installing an Nvidia graphics card in Linux.
Dang, the nVidia installer works for me every time. I don't see any reason to do it differently. I'm with techieMoe on this one.
No it doesn't.
I don't mind if you claim it works good enough for you, but please, don't tell me it's just as good as adding it to your deb/rpm file base!
People don't do it like that way to act like a "guru", they mainly do that to have full controle(+all benefits when updating).
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This thread has degenerated into a shouting match, and it's entirely my fault. To all those working to get the nvidia driver installed, use whatever method you like. I apologize for antagonizing the original poster, as I'm sure the method described works fine for them, just as my method works fine for me. Thread locked.
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