Completing the move away from proprietary drivers
  • waigl@lemmy.world
    46·
    2 months ago

    Nitpick: The kernel modules are not the whole driver. There are substantial portions of it running in userspace, which will not be opened. (For AMD, those are open, too.) This does not “complete” the move away from proprietary drivers, at best it’s starting it.

    The closed-source kernel modules are the parts causing most of the headaches and legal uncertainties when using Nvidia GPUs, though.

    • catloaf@lemm.ee
      2·
      2 months ago

      It’s a start. Maybe I’ll consider Nvidia for my next GPU. I’ve been buying AMD (and before that, ATI) because of their open-source support.

      • waigl@lemmy.world
        6·
        2 months ago

        Maybe I’ll consider Nvidia for my next GPU.

        I won’t. Not until things improve a lot more. I’m not in a hurry to forget their past behavior.