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Unfortunately it's something that all their customers who use it today need, and are quite satisfied with using. As long as their customers have no problems usi

Unfortunately it's something that all their customers who use it today need, and are quite satisfied with using. As long as their customers have no problems using the prop driver, nvidia has no reason to stop pushing it.

shmerl 6y ago
> Unfortunately it's something that all their customers who use it today need, and are quite satisfied with using. Doesn't look like it: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/index.php?module=statistics&view=trends https://www.gamingonlinux.com/index.php?module=statistics&vi... Nvidia usage among gamers on Linux at least is gradually dropping. Blob is causing all kind of problems (especially in Wayland session use cases), while not offering any advantages over open drivers from AMD. And with Intel coming out with gaming GPUs soon too, I'd expect this trend to accelerate even.
- Arnavion 6y ago
  Their gamer customers are mostly on Windows. Their Linux customers use their cards for ML and CUDA.
  - shmerl 6y ago
    But we were discussing Linux users. Windows market is irrelevant for that. Industrial Linux users are not using their gaming cards.
    - Arnavion 6y ago
      >But we were discussing Linux users. Windows market is irrelevant for that. You brought up Linux gamers, so I pointed out the Linux gamer market is miniscule because most gamers are on Windows. >Industrial Linux users are not using their gaming cards. Okay? The thread never said anything about gaming cards. Again, you're the one who brought up gamers in the first place.
      - shmerl 6y ago
        > The Linux gamer market is miniscule Not for the matters of the Linux driver. Whether Nvidia cares is another question. > The thread never said anything about gaming cards And Linux gamers is the main driving force behind open drivers. Industrial users are too slow to have effect on that.

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Unfortunately it's something that all their customers who use it today need, and are quite satisfied with using. As long as their customers have no problems usi

by Arnavion 6y ago

shmerl 6y ago
> Unfortunately it's something that all their customers who use it today need, and are quite satisfied with using. Doesn't look like it: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/index.php?module=statistics&view=trends https://www.gamingonlinux.com/index.php?module=statistics&vi... Nvidia usage among gamers on Linux at least is gradually dropping. Blob is causing all kind of problems (especially in Wayland session use cases), while not offering any advantages over open drivers from AMD. And with Intel coming out with gaming GPUs soon too, I'd expect this trend to accelerate even.
- Arnavion 6y ago
  Their gamer customers are mostly on Windows. Their Linux customers use their cards for ML and CUDA.
  - shmerl 6y ago
    But we were discussing Linux users. Windows market is irrelevant for that. Industrial Linux users are not using their gaming cards.
    - Arnavion 6y ago
      >But we were discussing Linux users. Windows market is irrelevant for that. You brought up Linux gamers, so I pointed out the Linux gamer market is miniscule because most gamers are on Windows. >Industrial Linux users are not using their gaming cards. Okay? The thread never said anything about gaming cards. Again, you're the one who brought up gamers in the first place.
      - shmerl 6y ago
        > The Linux gamer market is miniscule Not for the matters of the Linux driver. Whether Nvidia cares is another question. > The thread never said anything about gaming cards And Linux gamers is the main driving force behind open drivers. Industrial users are too slow to have effect on that.