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> The thing is there is no alternative to Nvidia, while there are many to Linux. Huh? I am a backebd dev and a gamer who would never give up Linux for a propri
by Matl 3y ago
> The thing is there is no alternative to Nvidia, while there are many to Linux.
Huh? I am a backebd dev and a gamer who would never give up Linux for a proprietary OS, but has no NVidia hardware.
That being said, I know you're talking about industry. My question is, so are we supposed to just take it? NVidia has to be pushed to do the right thing here, as AMD and Intel have done or are we just slaves to 'too big to fail' and somehow this is a triumph of capitalism?
- crop_rotation 3y agoI am talking about industry solely, and the time for pushing was 5 years ago and before. I am not saying what would be the ideal outcome, but that at this point anyone running AI workloads will abandon Linux over Nvidia if there is a need to do so.
- Matl 3y agoI suspect we're going to see more and more specialized hardware in this area before that happens, but what benefit exactly is there to having them on Linux anyway? Most of that industry is highly opposed to being open in any sensible definition of that word, so what do they bring exactly?
- incrudible 3y agoNVDAs foothold here is not about gaming, but machine learning. Few people play on Linux anyway, but machine learning is basically not happening without Nvidia. Not that this is favorable, but it is true. And yes, I am taking it, I simply do not care that much.
- quickthrower2 3y agoAnd I am guessing ML workloads use up a single computer to do just that (and nothing else), meaning that NVidia could start their own fork of Linux, and people need to just eat it (or switch to AMD, Intel, etc.!)