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OK, maybe you wouldn't pay three grand for a Project DIGITS PC. But what about a $1,000 Blackwell PC from Acer, Asus, or Lenovo?


Besides, why not use native Linux as the primary operating system on this new chip family? Linux, after all, already runs on the Grace Blackwell Superchip. Windows doesn't. It's that simple.

Nowadays, Linux runs well with Nvidia chips. Recent benchmarks show that open-source Linux graphic drivers work with Nvidia GPUs as well as its proprietary drivers.

Even Linus Torvalds thinks Nvidia has gotten its open-source and Linux act together. In August 2023, Torvalds said, "Nvidia got much more involved in the kernel. Nvidia went from being on my list of companies who are not good to my list of companies who are doing really good work."

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[-] reksas@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I'm planning on getting new pc soon. I was planning on avoiding nvidia because i had read it might be more difficult to get drivers. Does this mean they are going to improve things in general or just for the newest and likely most expensive stuff? I dont want to buy the newest possible gpu since they always have bloated price for being new and a bit older ones are likely decent enough too.

[-] Petter1@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago

Modern nvidia GPUs work great, like rtx 900 and newer

The main problem are nvidia legacy cards where nvidia isn’t updating their proprietary drivers and isn’t making them open source which leads to the decision to go with nuveau on newer kernels which has less features and uses more power, but is wayland compatible.

[-] rascalnikov@literature.cafe 2 points 3 weeks ago

Not Acer. I’ve been burnt by them too much in the past.

[-] xnx@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Cant load the article. Does it mention if this will be ARM computers?

[-] yarr@feddit.nl 1 points 3 weeks ago

Don't get too excited -- if this goes like the last few NVidia hardware, it will:

  • cost too much
  • run a non-mainline kernel
  • NVidia will discontinue support for it after 3 months

Go talk to all the Jetson owners out there and see how happy they are with NVidia Linux boxes. I'll believe it when I see it (and when it is supported for longer than a quarter)

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