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They have been making real improvements the last few years. Most of their proprietary driver code is in firmware now, and the kernel driver is open-source[1] (t
by robhlt 2y ago
They have been making real improvements the last few years. Most of their proprietary driver code is in firmware now, and the kernel driver is open-source[1] (the userland-side is still closed though).
They've also significantly improved support for wayland and stopped trying to force eglstreams on the community. Wayland+nvidia works quite well now, especially after they added explicit sync support.
1. https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules/ https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules/
- jimmySixDOF 2y ago>complicated ... as in remember the time a ransomware hacker outfit demanded they release the drivers or else ..... https://www.webpronews.com/open-source-drivers-or-else-nvidia-hackers-make-demands/ https://www.webpronews.com/open-source-drivers-or-else-nvidi...
- Vilian 2y agoBecause red hat announced that next RHEl is going tone Wayland only, that why they fixed all that you said, they don't care about users, only servers