Re: xserver-xorg vs. xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:47:29 +0300, Stayvoid wrote:

> What's the difference between these packages?

You can go here, search and read:

http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages

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Package: xserver-xorg (1:7.5+8+squeeze1)
the X.Org X server

This package depends on the full suite of the server and drivers for the 
X.Org X server. It does not provide the actual server itself. 
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Package: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau (1:0.0.15+git20100329+7858345-5)
X.Org X server -- Nouveau display driver (experimental)

This driver for the X.Org X server (see xserver-xorg for a further 
description) provides support for NVIDIA Riva, TNT, GeForce, and Quadro 
cards.

Although the nouveau project aims to provide full 3D support it is not 
yet complete, and these packages do not include any 3D support. Users 
requiring 3D support should use the non-free "nvidia" driver.

This package is built from the FreeDesktop.org xf86-video-nouveau driver. 
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In brief, the former will install (by dependencies) the full Xorg server 
with all of the VGA drivers while the latter is just a set of FOSS  
drivers for nvidia cards.

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón