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NVIDIA hiring Linux driver engineers to help with Vulkan, Proton and more.

Took em long enough, I guess the impending SteamOS might have finally persuaded them to give some crumbs to the Linux team, funny how it's happened AFTER some modders have found work around for the HDMI 2.1 stuff.
 
Proper Linux support would be great. I'm so done with MSFT and Windows 11, but few programs and my NVIDIA GPU are holding me back. And if Valve manages to solve the issues with anticheat, there really is no reason left to stay on Windows.
 
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Gamezone said:
NVIDIA have multiple job listings available for Linux developers - this could be your chance to improve Linux gaming if you have the skills.

www.gamingonlinux.com

NVIDIA hiring Linux driver engineers to help with Vulkan, Proton and more

NVIDIA have multiple job listings available for Linux developers - this could be your chance to improve Linux gaming if you have the skills.
www.gamingonlinux.com www.gamingonlinux.com
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Glad they're actively trying to add more. The driver support is continuously getting better (anything DX11 or older is solid), but DX12 + Raytracing are the last areas where it's still weaker than Windows.
 
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Well, maybe it's a trend for Linux to replace Windows for gaming; I don't think anyone who knows Microsoft's history believes they'll fix Windows properly.

Also, the operating system used "for AI" is all Linux anyway.
 
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And a good portion of the employees became millionaires.

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I have heard horror stories from 3 people there. And while that might be a sample size that is too small, it's believable enough for me. But maybe in comparison to the other fucking tech corpos on the West Coast, Nvidia might be the least worst.
 
Hudo said:
I don't hate myself enough to work for Nvidia.
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You must really hate money, job security, one of the most highly respected workplace cultures, a great headquarters building in Santa Clara, amazing food, and the potential to become insanely wealthy because your compensation is partly in NVDA options
 
Unknown Soldier said:
You must really hate money, job security, one of the most highly respected workplace cultures, a great headquarters building in Santa Clara, amazing food, and the potential to become insanely wealthy because your compensation is partly in NVDA options
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Good for you, then.
 
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Not lying when I say I believe Nvidia can get drivers to the same level as they have on windows relatively quickly if they truly want to. The n fact drivers even slightly less powerful as on windows machine would probably easily outperform windows drivers do to the OS. Also might actually move the needle for some competitive titles to support anti cheats as gamers live to Linux going forward.
 
This is an absolutely amazing development. Lots of great Linux news.

We will still get those that ball carry for Windows, but this is great

We just need to get developers to switch over to Vulkan completely to remove that DXVK (DirectX-to-Vulkan) translation layer.
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You must really hate money, job security, one of the most highly respected workplace cultures, a great headquarters building in Santa Clara, amazing food, and the potential to become insanely wealthy because your compensation is partly in NVDA options
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My only concern is how many potential jobs could be lost once the AI bubble collapses/stabilizes.

Nevertheless, its probably the company in Silicon Valley that I feel is the best to weather storm.
 
This late in the game? Sounds like a Trojan horse if you ask me seeing as you need to log into an account to run driver updates with Nvidia now days.
 
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