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    Phoronix: NVIDIA Opens Up SHIELD Gaming Operating System

    The NVIDIA SHIELD portable gaming device/console was released at the end of July and now NVIDIA has come forward with the source-code to the whole operating system in hopes of encouraging enthusiasts to modify and improve the platform...

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  • #2
    Does it mean that GPU drivers were opened too?

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    • #3
      Originally posted by makson View Post
      Does it mean that GPU drivers were opened too?
      The people on this server. Give a man a fish, and he'll complain that you didn't give him a fishing boat.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by dh04000 View Post
        The people on this server. Give a man a fish, and he'll complain that you didn't give him a fishing boat.
        I am not complaining, just asking.
        But if they did not release drivers, than what they actually released, as Android is open source anyway?

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        • #5
          Originally posted by dh04000 View Post
          Give a man a fish, and he'll complain that you didn't give him a fishing boat.
          I think the better analogy would be that nVidia gave you (us) the bait.
          The NVIDIA SHIELD ... runs "100%" on Google's Android, so the code drop isn't exactly a huge surprise.

          This seems to be nothing more than publicity. But I emphasize "seems" as we may see something good. Someone that goes digging though it will soon tell us.

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          • #6
            I wonder if this means that now it would be possible for a third party to add Linux support to the "PC game streaming" feature, or implement a similar feature that supports Linux?

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            • #7
              Originally posted by dh04000 View Post
              The people on this server. Give a man a fish, and he'll complain that you didn't give him a fishing boat.
              Since when is a question (and in this case even a good one) a complain?

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              • #8
                Originally posted by dh04000 View Post
                The people on this server. Give a man a fish, and he'll complain that you didn't give him a fishing boat.
                Is that a joke? To continue your analogy, I'd rather have a very very small fishing boat than a ton of fish.

                i.e. bare OS, but free drivers, are better for me than closed drivers with opened OS frontend.

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                • #9
                  Hmmm, I wonder if there is exfat source code in there since it has a card slot.

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                  • #10
                    Android again? No, thanks.

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