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Yes, it is. For example, there was an article recently, how Nvidia isn't going to support OpenGL acceleration in XWayland. The keyholder to solve the problems
by vetinari 9y ago
Yes, it is.
For example, there was an article recently, how Nvidia isn't going to support OpenGL acceleration in XWayland.
The keyholder to solve the problems with NV cards in Linux is Nvidia itself. They have all the info, all the sources, and whatever roadmap they planned.
Linux community can solve only Intel and AMD problems, and that's because Intel and AMD are cooperating. Nvidia isn't (Linus' middle finger says hello).
Meanwhile, it is up to you as an consumer, to vote with your wallet and use that to show the vendors your preferences.
- sd8dgf8ds8g8dsg 9y agoNot sure why NIVIDIA should even invest any time in XWayland. It is just a stepping stone towards Wayland, and the retirement of X11
- vetinari 9y agoThe reason are: games. All the games (which are of course binary-only, often 32-bit only) released for Linux are linked against SDL 1.2/SDL 2 and X11. It means, that if you are Nvidia owner, you cannot switch to Wayland, unless you are willing to give up gaming (in the current session, at least). On the other hand, who is buying Nvidia cards? Gamers. So by not having OpenGL support in XWayland, they have to choose what kind of session they want to run. Many are of course going to choose X11, thus slowing down the adoption of Wayland, delaying the retirement of X11 and of course losing some benefits of Flatpaks (namely isolation at GUI server).
- josteink 9y ago> For example, there was an article recently, how Nvidia isn't going to support OpenGL acceleration in XWayland Note: Xwayland, not Wayland itself. Xwayland is the X11-emulation server running inside Wayland (which itself is HW accelerated). Not saying anything you claim is wrong, but it's easy to interpret wrong so posting for clarity.