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I'm looking forward to cheap Chinese video cards that out perform Nvidia shit for 1/4 the price.
Hopefully Linux supported. That's the main selling point of AMD GPUs right now for me, since there's less problems with trying to get stuff like HDR running on it than NVIDIA.
I wonder why China is still for the most part ignoring Linux in favor of Windows. Like to update 8bitdo controllers they only provide a Microsoft program and no Linux version.
You'd think they'd be rushing towards pushing Linux adoption.
That's capitalism for you. But also Linux, where it's typical to upstream hardware support and rely on existing ecosystems rather than release addon drivers or niche supporting apps.
China has made some strategic investments in Linux over the years though -- often domestically targeted, like Red Flag Linux, and drivers for chinese hardware, etc.
Linux seems to be common to run things like servers, but is that the case for consumer hardware?
When I've looked at peripherals like keyboards and controllers linux support has been lacking. Of course, for keyboards I went out of my way to get qmk compatible ones to use via and vial instead so I dont need to run an exe of unknown origins to remap or update the firmware.
And how is it for games. Is there more of a push to support Linux for their games? Since like Genshin Impact they only officially support Windows. There's work around with anime launcher which disables the DRM, but I wouldn't consider that Linux support with it risking a ban. They have their own version of Finals now and Ive wondered if that has Linux support or at least have the DRM work with wine type methods instead of the approach Valorant took.
There is plenty of consumer hardware that is supported on Linux, or will be as soon as a kernel developer gets their hands on it, reverse engineers the protocol if necessary, and adds support. For things like keyboards, there are often proprietary extensions (eg. for built-in displays, macros, etc.). It pays to check for Linux support before buying hardware though. Sometimes it's not the kernel drivers, but supporting software (eg. Steam input) that might not support it.
First class vendor support for Linux is more common for niche/premium hardware designed in the west, than cheap chinese knockoffs that follow it. Long term customer support is not their strong suit.
Linux has been good about getting hardware working.
My wonder was more what is their level of native program support for Linux. Like 8bitdo to update firmware and set up extra profiles requires the Windows program to set up, but as a simple controller it will work on Linux just no real way to do extra stuff unless you dual boot.
What do you mean lacking support for keyboards and controllers? Maybe for doing weird custom stuff like RGB, but for anything else they're standard HIDs and will work with anything, no "support" needed. You can plug a USB keyboard and mouse into your phone and it'll work if you want.
I'm currently playing Clair Obscur on linux through steam with a cheap fake xbox controller I got off ebay, and it works perfectly. I'm using an Nvidia card too, and I haven't had to do any customisation or anything.
Easy anti-cheat won't work, so Valorant/Fortnite, etc. are out of the question for now, but any games that don't use that kind of malware are probably fine.
I'm talking more about software and program level support. Not whether hardware itself is working on Linux, which Linux has been good at.
Like software to be able to update firmware on controllers, which doesn't work on Linux. Controller itself will work. 8bitdo to update firmware and set extra profiles they only support windows.
So more about what their level of native Linux support is so consumers get the same level of extra features as Windows users.
Ah, makes sense. You're right about firmware updaters, and I don't know if I'd trust one running under Wine anyway tbh. Who knows what weird system calls they make assuming you're running Windows 95 or whatever.
Yeah, when I updated my controller I did it on another device I have windows dual booted on with nothing important on it just for that purpose.
Still possible though, right?
It does afterall support out of tree device drivers now.
Sure... but why would el cheapo hardware want/need to support proprietary drivers? Now, for premium hardware and software, they might still want vendor lock-in mechanisms... So unless you absolutely have to, you should avoid hardware on Linux that needs proprietary drivers.
So either way, it make it better to support Linux over MS Windows.
Most of the handheld consoles they sell run Linux of some variety. It's just a question of what is marketable.
China has no need for open source because they steal everything anyway.
My hope for open source is that if something sketchy is pushed there might be a chance to catch as opposed to a proprietary approach where nobody has a chance of knowing what is going on.
Likewise. Don't expect it from China though.
Yeah don't have my hopes up. Without it I don't plan to give their GPUs a shot, since they aren't saviors either with their state sponsored attack on notepad++ as a recent example. Just a potential hardware supplier.
So despite how bad hardware supply might get for consumers there's still a level of caution I have and would need some level of a trustless system in place.
Otherwise I'd just opt for old PC hardware like retro console players have been doing for decades.
Great. Now they're building infrastructure and industry atop a stolen Trojan Horse, which may still bite them the moment the little oange man tells Nadella to flip the switch.
I hope you're right because Intel and AMD still can't compete with high end Nvidia cards, and that's how we ended up with a $5000 5090.
Nvidia cards are more powerful, but even if others never catch up they could still be solidly "good enough" for gaming. I have a newer Nvidia card and my computer is feels so wildly overbuilt. The only thing I wish I had more of was SSD space, but that's a different problem.
Unless you're a professional competitive gamer, in which case this is actual work equipment, the difference in performance between medium-tier and upper-echelon is probably not worth it for the average consumer.
AMD can already beat nvidia at the price tiers most people actually buy at, and Intel is gaining ground way faster than anyone expected.
But outside of the GPU shakeup, I could give a shit about Intel. Let China kill us. We earned this.
FIVE THOUSAND?!
Jesus nun-fucking Christ, what an absolute scam. I bought a 1070 for $220 in the first few months after release. Guess I'll just have to hope it can run for another 10 years...
We also partly ended up with the 5k 5090 because it's just the TITAN RTX of the 50xx generation - the absolute top of the line a card where you pay 200% extra for that last +10% performance.
nVidia just realized few generations back that naming those cards the xx90 gets a bunch of more people to buy them, because they always desperately need to have the shiniest newest xx90 cards, no matter the cost.