How to install nVidia Driver on CentOS

April 12th, 2007 nVidia provides linux drivers from its website. Unfortunately it doesn't work with recent kernels.

September 28th, 2007 Fedora Core 6 has recently been updated to Kernel version 2.6.22.5-49. When you depend on compiled kernel modules, as in the case of nVidia drivers from Livna, you have to update them too.

June 3rd, 2007 Linux comes with automatic setup for dual-monitors like windows. However I found the gnome applet rather buggy and unusable.

January 15th, 2009 Graphics cards and drivers are preferable when they are already installed. Lol. Whenever a re-formatting is needed or suppose a new OS is to be tried in your computer, one can not but be unsettled with questions like will the beta or early release support my graphics card, or in many cases several graphics cards and will the frame rate suffer, what if it doesn't install and so on and so forth.

September 28th, 2009 CentOS comes with OpenJava JRE installed. However that doesn't provide the required libraries to run Java from browsers (read: applets).

October 9th, 2009 CentOS Enterprise Linux 5 is built from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux source code. Other than logo and name changes CentOS Enterprise Linux 5 is compatible with the equivalent Red Hat version.

October 9th, 2009 Blender is popular open source, cross platform suite of tools for 3D content creation. Here is how you can install Blender on CentOS 5 (enterprise version of Linux) and equivalent to RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.

March 31st, 2009 To help customers face the most challenging visual computing problems, NVIDIA has come with its set of Quadro(R) professional GPU solutions. This new lineup, with the flagship Quadro FX 5800, will surely set the path of next generation graphics card designs and their powers to show extremely rich in visual graphics easily.

April 29th, 2007 I started using dual monitors (SyncMaster 740N) on Linux (Fedora Core 6) about a month back on my new dream computer. I used GeForce 6200 LE with 256 MB RAM which provides for dual monitors with a VGA and DVI output.

September 14th, 2009 CentOS or Community ENTerprise Operating System is often compared to Fedora in various Internet forums. CentOS is essentially a community supported free and open source operating system based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

September 14th, 2009 You may find several instructions to autostart synergyc during login and after login. I had a hard time using them.

May 27th, 2007 RPM based systems like RedHat, Fedora or CentOS often have the system configured for automatic updates. This ensures that your software is always upto date.

October 16th, 2008 When it is about coming out with updated versions, you can trust Steve Jobs. He takes not more than 1 month to present to you a superior version of your newly bought gadget.

April 10th, 2007 XMemo is an alternative to IPMsg (for Windows only) and claims to interoperate with IPMSg protocol. In short a quick messaging tool for intranet use.

April 11th, 2007 Anaconda has a well documented defect where it installs i586 based kernel in i686 machines. It causes problems with several drivers including nvidia drivers.