there is a userspace driver being worked into nouveau as we speak that is supposed to replace the closed userspace driver we are currently using as the official setup.
turns out the kernel driver + the documentation they published was what we needed.
that was just to abuse our markets
their drivers were good for AI and compute way before the leak.
but suddenly their desktop drivers are open, after hackers leaked their desktop driver code? mmmmmmm…
yeah, if you want to talk to computer normies about it, its good to focus on the practical advantages.
you wont get nag screens and bullshit, its yours. it works well even on potato computers. its actually easier to use in a lot of ways. there are no ads. it actually runs games now, sometimes better than windows. it wont randomly slow down for some background task while you use it. it wont uninstall your shit or reset settings. it wont install shit without you approval. there are no ads. its less targeted by hackers and viruses. it is more powerful if you want to put the effort.
so on, so forth. privacy and freedom are important things, but ones that most people sadly dont think about in secondary aspects of their lives like computers are for most people.
“it has to run every single piece of windows software or else its useless”
i hate it, but we are gonna be slow boiled into having meta read everything we say over there if we aint already
til about this one, nice. i wish discoverability for linux software was better.
eh. the format sucks but forum type things would be cool to have again.