Bug#418889: request to package nouveau, an Open Source 3D drivers for nVidia cards
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
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Nouveau (http://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/) aims to be an Open
Source 3D drivers for nVidia cards.
According to the FAQ "2D works as well as nv driver from Xorg with a
few additional features. Some 3D acceleration is implemented, mostly
on NV40+ cards.", as such it would be a very interesting alternative
to the 2D-only nv driver and to the binary only nvidia driver.
The project has already attracted a lot of attention and many linux
distribution (such as Ubuntu and Fedora) already have plans to include
it in their next release.
The Nouveau developers insist often on the fact that nothing is in a
releasable state yet (at least from a user point of view) nonetheless
I would still advocate uploading Nouveau to experimental, to offer an
alternative to the existing drivers and to support the Nouveau project
effort.
Bye,
Emme
--- System information. ---
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux 2.6.16-01
Debian Release: 4.0
990 unstable www.debian-multimedia.org
990 unstable mirror.phy.bnl.gov
990 unstable edevelop.org
990 unstable debian.fastweb.it
990 unstable debian.cilibrar.com
700 experimental debian.fastweb.it
500 kernel-dists-sid kernel-archive.buildserver.net
500 debian-unstable download.tuxfamily.org
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Depends (Version) | Installed
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