Asahi Linux M1 GPU drivers can now run Windows games via Steam Proton

Re:Asahi Linux M1 GPU drivers can now run Windows games via ... by arnaudsm on Saturday April 01, 2023 @12:11AM (#35397035)

Most of their Linux drivers are contributed by the chipmakers themselves

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Re:Asahi Linux M1 GPU drivers can now run Windows games via ... by zer0zzz on Saturday April 01, 2023 @12:46AM (#35397229)

tell me you've only used Linux since the mid 2010s without telling me you've only used Linux since the mid 2010s

This is very very very recent trend. This wasn't even the case when I was in school. You used to have to use the NDIS wrapper (Windows network driver support in the Linux kernel) for lots and lots of wifi chipsets to get any kind of wifi working.

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Re:Asahi Linux M1 GPU drivers can now run Windows games via ... by Epa095 on Saturday April 01, 2023 @03:56AM (#35398212)

So what?

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Re:Asahi Linux M1 GPU drivers can now run Windows games via ... by _ph_ on Saturday April 01, 2023 @06:26AM (#35399050)

The point being that it was vital for the success of Linux that there were hackeres willing to reverse engineer closed hardware to make it run. That there are now official and open source drivers for a lot of hardware is a directly consequence of it.

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Re:Asahi Linux M1 GPU drivers can now run Windows games via ... by zer0zzz on Saturday April 01, 2023 @10:14AM (#35400476)

Exactly

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Re:Asahi Linux M1 GPU drivers can now run Windows games via ... by freehorse on Saturday April 01, 2023 @07:41AM (#35399445)

For GPUs AMD yes, but for example when the Asahi project started there was no open source driver from NVIDIA. These trends are very recent, and they do not guarantee anything more anyway (like who knows if they will continue contributing in the next generation).

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