08-07-2017, 08:02 AM
We, in general, do not recommend using the package maintainers versions of the proprietary driver, since our experience showed they are either totally out-of-date or the packages are totally messed up.
I think this is why evilmog also just wrote
Of course there could be some exceptions (yeah, maybe even "packages" that work better than the downloaded NVidia drivers) e.g. for unsupported distros and/or older versions of a supported distro, but our experience shows that the download from nvidia.com / support.amd.com just works in most of the cases (and in general even better than the "packages").
I know that some people fear to install .run files directly downloaded from the internet (also for reasons that the "files" do not register correctly with the package manager), but fortunately there are also tools provided by the installer that help you to uninstall the current driver (for NVidia and AMD, like nvidia-uninstall or /usr/share/ati/amd-uninstall.sh respectively).
Some distros are also officially supported by Nvidia/AMD, like ubuntu, redhat etc... so normally our recommendation is to pick a supported distro and install the proprietary driver from nvidia.com/support.amd.com.
On the other hand, the "packages" often are just "wrappers" around the .run file. Therefore, they are neither better nor worse compared to the direct download (but very often, they are several versions behind the official drivers).
I think this is why evilmog also just wrote
Quote:5) download latest nvidia driversbecause this is normally the best way to install the recommended/supported version of the drivers (see https://hashcat.net/hashcat/).
Of course there could be some exceptions (yeah, maybe even "packages" that work better than the downloaded NVidia drivers) e.g. for unsupported distros and/or older versions of a supported distro, but our experience shows that the download from nvidia.com / support.amd.com just works in most of the cases (and in general even better than the "packages").
I know that some people fear to install .run files directly downloaded from the internet (also for reasons that the "files" do not register correctly with the package manager), but fortunately there are also tools provided by the installer that help you to uninstall the current driver (for NVidia and AMD, like nvidia-uninstall or /usr/share/ati/amd-uninstall.sh respectively).
Some distros are also officially supported by Nvidia/AMD, like ubuntu, redhat etc... so normally our recommendation is to pick a supported distro and install the proprietary driver from nvidia.com/support.amd.com.
On the other hand, the "packages" often are just "wrappers" around the .run file. Therefore, they are neither better nor worse compared to the direct download (but very often, they are several versions behind the official drivers).