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http://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=905351 --- Comment #11 from Wolfgang Bauer <wbauer@tmo.at> --- (In reply to Frank Sundermeyer from comment #10)
* The nvidia driver is needed when wanting to play 3D games e.g. via Steam
Yes, of course. But nvidia-bumblebee is the nvidia driver as well, just packaged differently so it doesn't break intel's OpenGL. Actually it downloads the .run installer from nvidia when you install it, extracts the files and copies them to the system. My point was that the instructions should not suggest to install the standard nvidia driver packages from the nvidia repo. It should only mention nvidia-bumblebee as optional possibility.
* for normal desktop use installing nvidia is not needed and therefore not recommended
Ok. But the instruction do not mention anywhere that it is not recommended.
Whatsmore, when the nvidia driver is installed, why should one want to run OpenGL applications on the Intel chip, when doing the same on nvidia--which has far better "3D power"--is possible?
But what about the "normal desktop use" then? Do you think people won't use any desktop any more when they choose to install the nvidia driver? The desktop environment will still run on the intel chip with Bumblebee even with the nvidia driver installed, and so will all applications that you start normally. To run applications on the nvidia chip you have to explicitely run them via optirun/primusrun AIUI. GNOME will not even start without working OpenGL AFAIK. And KDE's desktop effects are more sophisticated with OpenGL. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.