[Xfree 4.3 & 4.4] 3D acceleration for earlier nVidia GeForce 2

Hello,

As I'm not very keen on "devel issues", I have not been able to found an 
answer to a very simple interrogation.
The only clue I get was that the "nv" driver has been written again from 
scratch.

I was expecting, as DRI do for ATI older GPU, a module solution to 
improve in a sheer free software way the perfomance of 3D on my Linux 
box (mandrake 9.2).

The utah-glx seems to stand-by since nVidia released their closed-source 
proprietary drivers for X.

So my question will split :

-> Is the solution provided by Levant (Utah-GLX) for Xfree (the release 
  I found was dedicated to 4.2 btw) stable (carrier-grade I mean, not 
good enough for evil geek messing up his computer every 2 days)  & 
proficient enough with 4.3 to bear the annoyment to set it up ?

-> Does the 4.4 "re-written" "nv" driver include some significant 
improvement for OpenGL implementation ??

As I'm displeased with MandrakeLinux decision to un-ship 4.4, I would 
come back, if necessary, for compiling the 4.4 on my own.

Your answers, hints, tips, or experiences will be very profitable.


Thank you by advance,

Regards,

Jean-Alexandre
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