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[–] doona@aussie.zone 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Great points. Especially the last one, there’s been a lot of vitriol directed at Nvidia lately for “dragging their heels” or whatever, but I don’t blame them for not wanting to implement a crappy stopgap and I certainly do not blame them for the time it took to get e.g the Wayland protocol merged. I think people simply love complaining in the Linux community.

[–] rotopenguin@infosec.pub 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

There's a simple solution. Open up your drivers Nvidia, like Intel and AMD have done.