nVidia drivers. Which is 'better'? Restricted or Proprietary?

[kortsen]

I am using a laptop with nVidia GeForce 2 GO built in and I'm using the restricted nvidia-glx-legacy drivers. I have thought about installing the proprietary drivers but . . .

1) I don't have build-essentials installed and don't want to add all that if I can avoid it.

2) I have read that a kernel upgrade will break the restricted drivers unless you uninstall with Envy, upgrade the kernel, then re-install the drivers with Envy.

3) My system seems to work just fine as it is.

Are there any substantial advantages of the proprietary drivers over the restricted drivers?

[Snowhog]

Re: nVidia drivers. Which is 'better'? Restricted or Proprietary?

Are there any substantial advantages of the proprietary drivers over the restricted drivers?

The truthful answer would be - it depends on the manufacturer and the driver. If the restricted driver provides all the benefits and features of the proprietary one, then the choice really comes down to this: will the proprietary driver work with the OS you are running, and do you want to use the proprietary driver?

[monte48lowes]

Re: nVidia drivers. Which is 'better'? Restricted or Proprietary?

If the drivers you are using now are working for you, I recommend leaving the system as is.

"If it ain't broke, don't break fix it."

Mike