• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    But their driver support isn’t good, as is widely reported.

    Even by the guy who literally created the kernel.

    • michaelmrose@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Linus didn’t say they didn’t work he doesn’t like their failure to play nice with others. You can’t use that cop out.

      • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Maintaining good Linux drivers for something like a graphics card very much requires work with others.

        It’s a big reason for why Nvidia’s drivers are pretty crappy.

        Calling it a cop out sounds like major cope. Nvidia drivers on Linux are crappy. There’s a reason everybody complains about them.

        • michaelmrose@lemmy.world
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          11 months ago

          Nvidia’s drivers for X have always been very good. Their drivers for wayland will be good before Wayland is

          • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            11 months ago

            Wayland has been good for years.

            Nvidia needs to fix their trash drivers, they’re complete dog shit.

            • michaelmrose@lemmy.world
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              11 months ago

              It’s now getting to the port where its sort of fully functional. In several more years maybe we’ll be to the point where users don’t need to learn about the plumbing like X was 14 years ago.