Linus Torvalds: Nvidia, Fuck You!
Linus Torvalds, in a speech released today at a university, had some kind words to say to Nvidia related to Linux hardware support as seen in the video below:
Why?
For those not in the know, Linus Torvalds is the chief architect and main author of the Linux kernel, the core of the Linux operating system distributions that essentially run the Internet, many desktops, and Android phones (his main focus of hatred in the video).
Nvidia is a chip manufacturer that makes graphics chips, and their Linux support has been horrible. Releasing poor drivers without the code that can be used to improve them (a convention in Linux), spotty developer communication for supporting Linux in nearly aspect of the community and other poor ethical decisions by Nvidia over the years.
Users get extremely frustrated on unsupported graphics cards on desktops while OS vendors pull their hair out over getting hardware tuned under the Linux software, hence Torvald’s echoed frustration.
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Typo: “Torcald’s”
… and I thought the “fuck you” would go to Microsoft
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ahahaha dumbass
Microsoft can no longer compete with the Universe of Linux!
so, microsoft fuck you !
Linus Torvalds: making Steve Ballmer look polite since 1991.
As much as I cringed when watching that, I’ve got to pat Linus on the back for telling it like it is.