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Thanks to Nvidia, there's a new generation of PCs coming, and they'll be running Linux (www.zdnet.com)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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OK, maybe you wouldn't pay three grand for a Project DIGITS PC. But what about a $1,000 Blackwell PC from Acer, Asus, or Lenovo?

Besides, why not use native Linux as the primary operating system on this new chip family? Linux, after all, already runs on the Grace Blackwell Superchip. Windows doesn't. It's that simple.

Nowadays, Linux runs well with Nvidia chips. Recent benchmarks show that open-source Linux graphic drivers work with Nvidia GPUs as well as its proprietary drivers.

Even Linus Torvalds thinks Nvidia has gotten its open-source and Linux act together. In August 2023, Torvalds said, "Nvidia got much more involved in the kernel. Nvidia went from being on my list of companies who are not good to my list of companies who are doing really good work."

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Well, it's still a modified custom distro and other distros will need to invest extra effort to be able to run there. So, no actual freedom of choice for users again...

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not true. You can run other distros, but it won’t be ready to go without a decent amount of work.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

thats...literally what they just said.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They said there is no freedom of choice. You are free to choose any distro you want. HW mfgs aren’t under obligation to provide inbox support for niche markets.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Folks, I think we got a bot here thats just spewing pre-prepared lines, regardless of how irrelevant the comment is.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 day ago

Versus someone that doesn’t understand the market segment this is meant for. People using it for training don’t care about the distro or gfx drivers. It’s an appliance.