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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago (16 children)

Everyone acts like nvidia support on linux is completely broken. I game with nvidia on mine regularly and have never had a driver bug.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (10 children)

It's not that it's broken, it's that the open source driver stack and AMD cards are a superior experience. The Nvidia Linux driver is just like the Windows driver.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I think it's more that they are broken (esp. on Wayland) and that they are closed source and that they are not pre-installed in Mesa and that they lack basic features such as GAMMA_LUT for night light on Wayland...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To clarify on why it's especially terrifying, for the nVidia drivers to be closed source, they've been allowed to add binaries into the Linux kernel. Nobody but nVidia knows what those binaries actually contain.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The entire linux-firmware package is just a conjuntion of binary blobs from different vendos (one of with is AMD). This is nothing special.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Sure, and I don't like any of it.

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