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Comment by CaptainBern | Hacker News Reader

I'm under the impression it's more like NVidia does not want Linux users, or at least has turned some WM developers against them[0].

[0] https://drewdevault.com/2017/10/26/Fuck-you-nvidia.html

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Nvidia is mostly used on Linux, as most of their GPUs are installed in datacenters for deep learning acceleration purposes. More than that, Nvidia is the only major video hardware manufacturer that keeps up to date drivers for other free UNIXes, e.g. FreeBSD.

> "Nvidia is mostly used on Linux, as most of their GPUs are installed in datacenters for deep learning acceleration purposes."

Supposing that's true, it has little to do with the reality that Nvidia blatantly doesn't give a damn about the linux desktop uses of their cards.

These constant comments about the issue blaming everybody but the actual party responsible (nvidia) really are becoming tiring. If you can't be bothered to research whether hardware is well supported by linux before you buy it, then what the heck are you even doing in this industry? Merely searching "is nvidia total shit on linux" online should have been enough to inform your hardware purchase. You and nvidia made this bed, stop blaming other people when it's not comfortable. Not a single time in my life have I purchased an nvidia card. You have the choice too.

Datacenters are not desktops though, which I assume is what X11 is used most for. But, like I said, my comment was just my impression regarding the matter, based on the blog post I linked. Thanks for your reply! :)

Most of their GPUs are still used for gaming and graphics acceleration, but you are right that their cards and drivers generally work well on Linux and FreeBSD. I think the main issue is that they have no intention of making their driver open-source which understandably irks the Linux community.

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