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| From: | Barry Schwartz <chemoelectric@×××××××××××××.org> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-amd64@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-amd64] Kernel-3.3.0 and Nvidia-drivers | ||
| Date: | Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:02:48 | ||
| Message-Id: | 20120320062013.GA25431@crud | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [gentoo-amd64] Kernel-3.3.0 and Nvidia-drivers by Frank Peters |
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| 1 | Frank Peters <frank.peters@×××××××.net> skribis: |
| 2 | > I think the main complaint is that the Nvidia drivers are closed |
| 3 | > binary blobs while Nouveau is an attempt to create an entirely |
| 4 | > open source driver. |
| 5 | |
| 6 | Unfortunately the nvidia drivers are needed not only for graphics but |
| 7 | also to use the GPU for scientific calculations, including for |
| 8 | donating processor time to medical research, for instance. |
| Subject | Author |
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| [gentoo-amd64] Re: Kernel-3.3.0 and Nvidia-drivers | Duncan <1i5t5.duncan@×××.net> |