On 07/19/2010 05:27 PM, Rahul Sundaram wrote:
On 07/20/2010 05:53 AM, Michael Miles wrote:
> I am finding it hard to deal with as RPMFusion and Fedora are two
> seperate thing but when it blocks a update then yes I do think it is a
> Fedora issue.
>
>
Among the mainstream distributions, Fedora is unique in that, it
doesn't have a official non-free repository or repo for patent
encumbered code. Although RPM Fusion is as close as it gets, it should
be noted that RPM Fusion is a third party repository with a different
infrastructure. Fedora simply does not care about proprietary kernel
modules or any third party kernel module for that matter. If Fedora
does, the kernel maintainers, add it as a patch rather than leave it as
a kernel module package. This means, if you run a third party repo,
support for it within Fedora is limited.
Rahul
It's really too bad because if you want your Video card to work 100% you
need the nvidia drivers.
Oh well, considering the two main Video companies is Nvidia and Ati it
would be good to have a Fedora based driver that works 100%.
I am not knocking Nouveau but it still has a way to go before it can be
called a driver replacement.
Thanks again for the answer back
Michael