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0 pointsyjftsjthsd-h1y ago0 comments

> Actually, I have a negative example for FOSS for you. I have a laptop with an Nvidia GPU on it from 2012. I cannot use it under Linux since Linux world is terrible at API / ABI stability. So Nvidia driver has stopped working.

Your example of FOSS not working... is the proprietary nvidia driver breaking? Even though it would almost certainly work if your card were supported by the open source drivers?

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immibis1y ago

The proprietary Nvidia driver works fine. Linux from this decade refuses to work with it. Linux broke it, not Nvidia.

yjftsjthsd-hOP1y ago

Linux is very explicit (and always has been) about not having a stable driver API or ABI; if nvidia tries to target that unstable interface, they are absolutely responsible for the result.

immibis1y ago

If I upgrade Windows, and it breaks my line-of-business program, whose fault is it?

Hint: It's the one that changed.

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0 pointsyjftsjthsd-h1y ago0 comments

Your example of FOSS not working... is the proprietary nvidia driver breaking? Even though it would almost certainly work if your card were supported by the open source drivers?

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immibis1y ago

The proprietary Nvidia driver works fine. Linux from this decade refuses to work with it. Linux broke it, not Nvidia.

yjftsjthsd-hOP1y ago

Linux is very explicit (and always has been) about not having a stable driver API or ABI; if nvidia tries to target that unstable interface, they are absolutely responsible for the result.

immibis1y ago

If I upgrade Windows, and it breaks my line-of-business program, whose fault is it?

Hint: It's the one that changed.

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