Re: kde 4.3.4 is building for unstable now ;-) [OT] nvidia-installer Vs m-a
El Sábado 12 Diciembre 2009 22:55:25 Matthew Moore escribió:
> IMO this is no more work than running some script, and it also doesn't require
> you to navigate to nvidia's website in order to download the latest version.
Well, in fact all what I do is going to http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=122606, which is in my bookmarks -as it's a permanent post-, and click the latest stable driver link. Not much navigation really. And maybe it's possible to make it easier via wget and some script, I haven't even tried it just for saving two mouse clicks.
On the other hand, all the packages needed by module-assistant to function, as any other package installed, need to be upgraded frequently, so, more time and downloads required, not much, but more or less the same time it takes to download the way I've said.
Both ways seem to have advantages and its inconvenients, I just find less intrincate to download and execute than installing several dozens of MB for installing a simple driver.
If I had to install a lot of drivers with m-a I probably would do the same with mi gfx card's, but it's not the case, and since I don't see many benefits in m-a a-i I don't use it, that's all; I understand Valerio's point in case one needs several kernels, though, but, again, it's not my case, and I guess not other official driver users. There aren't probably many clear benefits for an option over the other one for the average user. Matter of needs and personal peferences, I suppose.
"God be with ye", everyone and have a great saturday night. ;-)
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