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Re:Sway 1.7-rc1 Drops “–my-next-GPU-wont-be-Nvidia” by bravetraveler on Thursday December 23, 2021 @10:26AM (#29662697)
For those going just by the headline, it's more of a rename. It's now --unsuported-gpu, still an opt in attempt thing.

Glad to see the option reads less hostile, even though I have no real interest in Nvidia equipment.

There are a couple other noteworthy changes, suggest checking it out if you're interested in Sway

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Re:Sway 1.7-rc1 Drops “–my-next-GPU-wont-be-Nvidia” by totony on Thursday December 23, 2021 @10:44AM (#29662922)
sadly nvidia is the only option for cheap AI equipment
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Re:Sway 1.7-rc1 Drops “–my-next-GPU-wont-be-Nvidia” by bravetraveler on Thursday December 23, 2021 @11:29AM (#29663422)
I've heard that, CUDA I think being the driving factor - openCL being a bit of a joke in that area... is that about right?

Personally, that stuff is little more than a "I'll play with it if I have an idea/opportunity" thing

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Re:Sway 1.7-rc1 Drops “–my-next-GPU-wont-be-Nvidia” by rowanG077 on Thursday December 23, 2021 @01:02PM (#29664496)
It's just that the AI crowd has made their bed so now they must lie in it.

It's true that openCL is more clunky to use then CUDA but the difference is not world shattering. So the AI people thought it was a good choice to gain a little bit in language ease of use and locking the entire industry to Nvidia because of it.

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Re:Sway 1.7-rc1 Drops “–my-next-GPU-wont-be-Nvidia” by josephcsible on Thursday December 23, 2021 @11:46AM (#29663587)
Why be less hostile to Nvidia? They still have yet to provide proper Linux drivers.
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