On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 03:49:11PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote: > > What really changed recently is the move from Nvidia to open-source > > their drivers, making it an alternative to those who don't want to use > > proprietary drivers: > > https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=nvidia-open-kernel&num=1 > > It's a great news, indeed, but it's a small step. It's still not > integrated into mainline kernels, only includes the kernel part of their > driver stack, and is still tied to specific kernel releases, so to the > end user it won't make much of a practical difference (yet). It will > still be the same mess of matching kernel versions and driver versions. > > I think the most visible impact for Debian is that the kernel part of > the driver will be in `main` rather than in `non-free`. The other possible upside is that the Nouveau people are a bit less blind now. So we'll possibly get better Nouveau. Cheers -- t
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