Blacklisting Nouveau
Roger
arelem at bigpond.com
Wed Feb 3 23:21:49 UTC 2010
As I am the one who said to blacklist 3D apps, I will explain.
> No 3D hardware support, your software won't work. It doesn't matter
> what you do or how often you install the software or attempt to edit
> config files, will it work. It requires 3D support. It should or could
> be a requirement before YUM installs the application.
>
> To save the confusion, if a user doesn't install 3D video drivers, they
> shouldn't be allowed to install 3D applications. I have run into it
> many times already.
>
> I do agree with you about different distributions. I don't recommend
> Fedora to anybody that doesn't have some experience with Linux.
>
> I would really appreciate it if nVidia, ATI or Intel would create RPM's
> for their own cards so we could deal with them directly. Of course if
> you have a bug, then you have to remove the driver to get any support.
> Of course if the problem is in an application that requires 3D you are
> hooped.
>
>
>
What stops Nouveau from being tested against Blender, various rendering
engines and Varicad, bog standard widely accepted 3D apps, then
released as fully functional before this discussion eventuated.
To sumarise: In the interim,
Use Fedora and distributions with Nouveau for 2D.
Use Windows, Sun or Apple for 3D modelling, design and rendering.
Roger
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