On 02/12/13 13:47, jdd wrote:
Le 02/12/2013 14:30, Dylan a écrit :
This is a shame, since I was hoping to bring all the machines to 13.1 so everyone was using the same distro version and I could then semi-automate a lot of the admin.
clone the system disks from the beginning (if the nvidia proprietary driver is really mandatory)
We are a group of hobbyists, and I'm talking about a wide range of different systems which their owners also use for their other non 3d art uses, some dual-booting with various versions of Windows. If we were able to afford dedicated machines then I'd make sure they were all identical and your cloning solution would be more viable (but since we are spread over South East London and have varying ISP bandwidth and speed caps would be logistically awkward.) The issue only arrises due to the lack of the OBS nvidia repository. You need to remember that very few 'real world' use cases for computers are optimal (or even straightforward.) The proprietary driver is necessary to get usable performance from 3D graphics programs. The nouveau driver's performance is abysmal - when sculpting or texture painting a 3d mesh it stutters and there is an update delay which makes the tools unusable. Luckily, señor Teodori has pointed me in the direction of the bumblebee repo which seems to be suitable. Dx -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org