Re: nv vs. nvidia

[Joris Huizer <jorishuizer@planet.nl>]

Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> Hi Debian!
>
> Anybody knows what the differences are between the nv Xfree86 driver 
> (Sarge version)  and the Nvidia closed source driver (I use 6111)?
>
> I have used both and see little difference, except that with the former 
> I cannot get glx to work.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Hugo

It's exactly that: nv is a open source driver, it doesn't do the 3d 
hardware of the graphical card -- that's why people choose to use the 
nvidia driver
In case you don't need to run 3d programs, using nv will be fine for you

HTH,

Joris