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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.
 
Wolzard said:
It has been among the best companies to work for for quite a few years.

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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.
 
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.
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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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.
 
If they can nearly match performances between windows and linux, I might legit switch

I have windows 10 and no incentive to upgrade to 11

But I won't downgrade performance for sake of "linux" or some morale high ground, performances have to be very close. I don't care about the anticheat thing although that would be nice if they figure it out.
 
Great news that Linux is being picked up more and companies actually don't side with MS exclusively etc. Will move in a year or two probably when things get more stable, I don't care really about few fps less in games, only wish FLstudio had native version or Ableton at least, but nothing yet.
 
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deeptech said:
Great news that Linux is being picked up more and companies actually don't side with MS exclusively etc. Will move in a year or two probably when things get more stable, I don't care really about few fps less in games, only wish FLstudio had native version or Ableton at least, but nothing yet.
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FL Studio works well in Wine:

github.com

GitHub - Torbuntu/fl-studio-linux-setup: Unofficial setup guide for running FL Studio on Linux using Bottles (wine)

Unofficial setup guide for running FL Studio on Linux using Bottles (wine) - Torbuntu/fl-studio-linux-setup
github.com github.com

Ableton

github.com

GitHub - BEEFY-JOE/AbletonLiveOnLinux: A Repository for All Things Related to Running Ableton Live on Linux, part of the newly formed Ableton on Linux Discord Group.

A Repository for All Things Related to Running Ableton Live on Linux, part of the newly formed Ableton on Linux Discord Group. - BEEFY-JOE/AbletonLiveOnLinux
github.com github.com
 
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Buggy Loop said:
If they can nearly match performances between windows and linux, I might legit switch

I have windows 10 and no incentive to upgrade to 11

But I won't downgrade performance for sake of "linux" or some morale high ground, performances have to be very close. I don't care about the anticheat thing although that would be nice if they figure it out.
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Keep in mind it's not just about performance. its about stability, ease of use. Even if you lose a few frames here and there (you often can GAIN frames) on AMD GPUs you often get better frametimes, less stutter.

Jedi Fallen Order is a perfect example of a game that was a vastly superior experience playing on Bazzite due to less stutters and more consistent frames even if it didn't reach the highs of windows.

Having said that, the performance penalty on nvidia GPUs is still pretty significant for DX12 titles.

I wish all developers would ditch DX12 and just go exclusively with Vulkan. Works great on windows and Linux.
 
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JohnnyFootball said:
Keep in mind it's not just about performance. its about stability, ease of use. Even if you lose a few frames here and there (you often can GAIN frames) on AMD GPUs you often get better frametimes, less stutter.

Jedi Fallen Order is a perfect example of a game that was a vastly superior experience playing on Bazzite due to less stutters and more consistent frames even if it didn't reach the highs of windows.

Having said that, the performance penalty on nvidia GPUs is still pretty significant for DX12 titles.

I wish all developers would ditch DX12 and just go exclusively with Vulkan. Works great on windows and Linux.
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I mean mainly the nvidia penalty as of now. If games are ~1-3% lower peak performance in the end but as you say, perhaps more stable, I'll probably switch. Right now on nvidia it doesn't make sense.
 
Whatever it takes to steal some of the Windows pie. Competition is the only thing that could force Microsoft to make Windows not suck as much.
 
Buggy Loop said:
I mean mainly the nvidia penalty as of now. If games are ~1-3% lower peak performance in the end but as you say, perhaps more stable, I'll probably switch. Right now on nvidia it doesn't make sense.
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I experimented with nvidia Linux on my 4090 and it had some stability issues. Not just perforamcen. Gamescope (SteamOS interface) is something I care about and nvidia just was glitched to hell.
 
Wolzard said:
FL Studio works well in Wine:

github.com

GitHub - Torbuntu/fl-studio-linux-setup: Unofficial setup guide for running FL Studio on Linux using Bottles (wine)

Unofficial setup guide for running FL Studio on Linux using Bottles (wine) - Torbuntu/fl-studio-linux-setup
github.com github.com

Ableton

github.com

GitHub - BEEFY-JOE/AbletonLiveOnLinux: A Repository for All Things Related to Running Ableton Live on Linux, part of the newly formed Ableton on Linux Discord Group.

A Repository for All Things Related to Running Ableton Live on Linux, part of the newly formed Ableton on Linux Discord Group. - BEEFY-JOE/AbletonLiveOnLinux
github.com github.com
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I tried FL year ago and had some problems with UI and VST but will have to recheck again soon I guess. Idk if it was distro or what, but also I could only find a shitty version of VLC to play media with, and was like wtf is this crap, no basic sofware?
 
deeptech said:
I tried FL year ago and had some problems with UI and VST but will have to recheck again soon I guess. Idk if it was distro or what, but also I could only find a shitty version of VLC to play media with, and was like wtf is this crap, no basic sofware?
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Probably some distro, like Fedora, that doesn't have codecs installed by default. To play media, I recommend MPV (or Haruna, if you want an interface more similar to MPC).
 
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