Re:The death watch for the X Window System has probably started
by shmerl on Sunday July 07, 2019 @09:21PM
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Given all the above, I'd call them "working", not working :)
> top performance available on the market;
Not anymore with new Navi cards. And competition in the Linux market will probably get even stronger with Intel releasing new GPUs with open drivers next year. I.e. there will be no reason to buy Nvidia anymore with all the blob downsides that aren't going to disappear.
For gaming 4K is really a read herring today, and for regular non gaming desktop use case, you don't need strong GPUs even for 4K.
> (significantly) better performance per watt and less noise for high-end cards.
Also not anymore with Navi.
So I'd say things today look pretty bad for Nvidia on Linux, and they'll be gradually losing Linux desktop market, until they will start playing nice with upstream. Time will tell if they actually will. I don't think they care though. And neither Linux users would care to use them.
> top performance available on the market;
Not anymore with new Navi cards. And competition in the Linux market will probably get even stronger with Intel releasing new GPUs with open drivers next year. I.e. there will be no reason to buy Nvidia anymore with all the blob downsides that aren't going to disappear.
> off-the-shelf passive cooled 4K capable cards (GT 1030);
For gaming 4K is really a read herring today, and for regular non gaming desktop use case, you don't need strong GPUs even for 4K.
> (significantly) better performance per watt and less noise for high-end cards.
Also not anymore with Navi.
So I'd say things today look pretty bad for Nvidia on Linux, and they'll be gradually losing Linux desktop market, until they will start playing nice with upstream. Time will tell if they actually will. I don't think they care though. And neither Linux users would care to use them.