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Beware the Nvidia blob



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Although I have used the nvidia blob driver in the past, I only used it because I needed some 3D capabilities. The recent nouveau drivers provide good 3D support for most cards, so I use that now. The stability of the nouveau drivers has greatly improved with more recent releases as has the usability of the drivers. I notice that they now have power levels for my netbook and the fan does NOT run at 100% anymore. Rarely there is some graphics corruption and crashing with some 3D apps, but it is rare.



I am never going back to the blob, because it is not stable, not secure, not FLOSS, and not much better than nouveau for what I use.



I am posting this in the Slackware forum because perhaps people here care more about security and stability than in other forums. I have also seen many threads here about how to get the nvidia drivers working. The mods can move it if they see fit. NVIDIA Linux Driver Hack Gives You Root AccessAlthough I have used the nvidia blob driver in the past, I only used it because I needed some 3D capabilities. The recent nouveau drivers provide good 3D support for most cards, so I use that now. The stability of the nouveau drivers has greatly improved with more recent releases as has the usability of the drivers. I notice that they now have power levels for my netbook and the fan does NOT run at 100% anymore. Rarely there is some graphics corruption and crashing with some 3D apps, but it is rare.I am never going back to the blob, because it is not stable, not secure, not FLOSS, and not much better than nouveau for what I use.I am posting this in the Slackware forum because perhaps people here care more about security and stability than in other forums. I have also seen many threads here about how to get the nvidia drivers working. The mods can move it if they see fit.