OT: nVidia driver [was: Wish list]

[Felipe Alfaro Solana]

On 6/9/05, Sean <seanlkml at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> Linux has traditionally been most useful on servers so anyone engaged in
> using it as a workstation has shed more blood than others using Linux.
> However, the _vast_ majority of desktop users today can choose a video
> card supported by open source which will meet their needs and not crash.
> The constant drum beat of "nVidia binary drivers are the best" completely
> misses that point.  Hell there are even open source drivers available for
> nVidia.

Try enabling the Composite X.org extensions and KDE's transparency and
shadow effects, then fire up glxgears and play a video with MPlayer.
nVidia opensource drivers can't keep up with the work. However,
propietary drivers can. And yes, I know most people don't need this,
yet.