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This is a good write-up of what this means for Nvidia users on Linux, by Red Hat's desktop & graphics lead: https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2022/05/ ... for-linux/. In short: right now not a lot and there's a lot of work to be before it benefits users, but it opens a door.
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AZgl1800 wrote: ⤴Wed May 11, 2022 5:35 pm
that is good news, but for me, useless, I have not done any machine coding since 1983
Not useless at all. If I understand it correctly it means that others, who do code, can potentially make kernel drivers available to the machines that you and me may want to use.
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They spent an entire Linux Action News episode on this. In fact, they interviewed one of the folk from Red Hat who's involved with this. It's very cool.
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While it probably will take a little while to be fully useful this is great news for nvidia users. It means the open source community can actually contribute and improve them, which isn't possble with their closed source drivers (which don't necesarily follow xorg updates very well).
For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong - H. L. Mencken
It'll likely not so much be the hardware though -- and if it's also no longer the software... let's just say I wouldn't want it to be only Jensen's leather jacket
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Surely if Nvidia cards are more compatible with Linux, then more people can use it with ease. Perhaps this is a sign that Linux is gaining ground. I think the Steam Deck has something to do with this.
