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On Fri, 17 May 2024 08:17:44 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

> vallor wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:
> 
>> 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!
>                        =============
> 
> Do not use that word around here!!!   :-D

It is the only proper use of the term.