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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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NVIDIA Transitions Fully Towards Open-Source GPU Kernel Modules. Keep in mind that the drivers are still proprietary. (developer.nvidia.com)

submitted 4 months ago by federino to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)

You also have the nouveau driver that can be installed by default...

And pretty soon, NVK!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

NVK is already usable, performancr isn't 100% of the proprietary driver but I play Overwatch on NVK at 165FPS on my RTX3070 laptop a lot, low settings but very playable. This is with an Optimus configuration (VRR Freesync panel on AMD iGPU) in GNOME Wayland.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

oh wow, I have a 3080 TI desktop GPU, I should try it with Overwatch 2 + NVK.

Also: Thanks for OpenRGB. I love it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Wasn't nova the new driver?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Never heard of that one. NVK is a brand new open source driver that uses features of the RTX series to reverse engineer Nvidia drivers. According to the project team, those features make it much easier than before, but it limits the scope to RTX series cards and onward.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

This is a good discussion: https://old.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/1cqcnr3/whats_the_difference_between_nvidia_open_source/

Essentially, Nova is a kernel level driver and not user level