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From: Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Running open nvidia driver on Linux 6.9
Date: Thu, 16 May 2024 18:59:43 -0400
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vallor <vallor@cultnix.org> wrote:

>So NVidia has an open driver now that does most everything the
>proprietary driver does -- I think it only leaves out CUDA.
>
>It certainly has Vulkan.  I'm running the stuff now, because at one point,
>the proprietary binary blob had an issue with the 6.9 kernel.  Used it for
>a long gaming session last night, and knock-on-wood, it was flawless.
>
>The game -- Elite Dangerous Odyssey -- uses DX, which proton translates
>using DXVK into Vulkan calls.
>
>https://github.com/NVIDIA/open-gpu-kernel-modules
>
>NVidia says they are transitioning to the open driver.  Good for them!


Interesting!  I had not heard about this at all, until your post.  I
look forward to Mint incorporating it, as a distro lackey. ;)

-- 
Joel W. Crump

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