Nvidia install: wiki vs sndirsch.github.io

I will be soon converting an almost older computer to tumbleweed. It has an G06 (3060) nvidia card.

As I was preparing, i checked the:

https://en.opensuse.org/SDB:NVIDIA_drivers

and this linked to:

Somebody mentioned that it’s the suse guy that “makes” the drivers.

The wiki says:

zypper in nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed-kmp-meta nvidia-userspace-meta-G06

while sndirsch says:

zypper in nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed-kmp-meta

Will I need the nvidia-userspace-meta-G06?

Thanks

LT-B:~ # zypper info nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed-kmp-meta
...
Information for package nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed-kmp-meta:
---------------------------------------------------------------
Repository     : repo-non-free
Name           : nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed-kmp-meta
Version        : 580.126.09-34.1
Arch           : x86_64
Vendor         : obs://build.suse.de/Proprietary:X11:Drivers
Installed Size : 0 B
Installed      : No
Status         : not installed
Source package : nvidia-userspace-meta-G06-580.126.18-34.1.src
Upstream URL   : https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/X11:XOrg/nvidia-userspace-meta-G06
Summary        : Meta package to select open nvidia driver in sync
Description    : 
    Meta package to select open nvidia driver in sync, i.e. trigger
    installation of nvidia-open-driver-G06-signed-kmp. Hardware
    supplements moved to this meta package. Also require
    nvidia-userspace-meta-G06 in sync in case where --no-recommends
    is being used.

So nvidia-userspace-meta-G06 will be installed anyway when needed and it does no harm to explicitly specify it.

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