[LUAU] Mainline (generic) 2.6 kernel with FC2

[Eric Hattemer]

1.  The nv driver that ships with the OS does the same software 
rendering other open source drivers do. 
2.  The ati open source driver is not made by ati, and has very little 
hardware rendering functionality.
3.  The only thing on the nforce boards that require drivers is the 
network card, and I'm not even sure that's true anymore. 
4.  There is an nvidia installer option that allows installation of 
multiple modules.  I believe its -k, but check NVIDIA*.sh -A; for the 
advanced options. 
5.  With this in mind, I don't think there is  reason to not buy NVIDIA 
stuff.  There aren't really any reasonable alternatives besides ATi. 

But on the plus side, the upper range of ATi Radeon cards do seem to 
outperform (outbenchmark) the upper range of NVidia cards. 

-Eric Hattemer

Hawaii Linux Institute wrote:

> I installed the mainline 2.6.5 kernel over the weekend on both FC1 and 
> FC2T1/2.  Have not seem to have any problem (except the following 
> caveat).
>
> The biggest "annoyance" (to put it politely) is that, for systems 
> which have either the nForce chipset or the GeForce video cards, the 
> drivers must be recompiled for a specific kernel.  Big bad pain in the 
> rear.  This also means that you are practically prevented from 
> dual-booting from two kernel versions which share the same root 
> partition.
>
> Thus, unless nVidia becomes more open-sourcely correct (if ever), stay 
> away from their products.  Use VIA chipsets and ATI cards.
>
> Other than that, the mainline kernels appear to work seamlessly with 
> Fedora Core.  For desktop users, you will love the new pre-emptive 
> feature of the 2.6 kernels.  (FC2 has 2.6.5 kernel, but I don't think 
> this feature is turned on by default).  wayne
>
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