NVIDIA Releases 295.20 Linux Drivers

[LLStarks]

Not every distro is as masochistic as Gentoo.

[asdx]

Fuck nvidia, I'm not going back from nouveau.

[asdx]

Could Linux developers just ban proprietary blobs please?

[rudl]

Is the opencl performance still regressed?

[Pickle]

Could Linux developers just ban proprietary blobs please?

Is that in the name of freedom?

[johnc]

Fuck nvidia, I'm not going back from nouveau.

nouveau = no vdpau = no thanks

Could Linux developers just ban proprietary blobs please?

sure... if you want to set Linux back by about 20 years... and pretty much remove any HTPC use cases. Yay... let's pay $100 for an OS for an HTPC because we're not allowed to use a proprietary driver in Linux. Sounds like a real winning strategy.

[Tgui]

Could Linux developers just ban proprietary blobs please?

Sure, what driver should I then use for CUDA development?

[ninez]

Could Linux developers just ban proprietary blobs please?

Why??

what purpose would that serve, other than to ruin the platform?

There is a lot of industries/groups/people out there, using gnu/linux + binary drivers.

- HTPC (home theater PC)
- HPC (High performance computing)
- film/animation (ie: Disney, Pixar, DreamWorks, etc)
- mobile/tablet market
- automotive industry
- other industrial applications
- scientific/academic research
- game development

...and so on and so on...

While I do respect your ideals, I think that statement is incredibly naive. && myself, if i was stuck with nouveau ~ Linux wouldn't be on my desktop.

cheerz

[edgan]

Could Linux developers just ban proprietary blobs please?

So you want them to ban the best driver?

I do manage 80+ Linux desktops for a robotics company. It is far from a perfect driver, and yet is a head above all others.

[RealNC]

Stop replying to a troll.