livna vs. nvidia

[Paul Howarth]

Lonni J Friedman top-posted:
> There is no difference between livna and the official NVIDIA driver
> package.  The only difference is that one is an RPM, and the other is
> not.
> 
> On 4/19/06, Paul Lemmons <Paul.Lemmons at tmcaz.com> wrote:
>> I have read the "Why use livna" page for the Nvidia drivers. It tells me
>> that maintenance is easier. That is cool but it does not really tell me
>> what the difference is. I am currently running the drivers as
>> distributed by Nvidia and am about to upgrade my kernel. So, I am
>> considering switching to the livna drivers. Before I do that, though, I
>> would like to know what I am doing.
>>
>> What is the difference between the two? Is the livna just a repackage of
>> the same software I get from Nvidia or is it something different?

Actually there is a very important difference. The livna package won't 
clobber your system libraries.

http://www.redhat.com/archives/rhl-devel-list/2006-February/msg01178.html

Paul.