Sujet : Linux Runs Better On Vendor’s Hardware Than Vendor’s Own OS, Redux
De : ldo (at) *nospam* nz.invalid (Lawrence D'Oliveiro)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.advocacyDate : 12. Oct 2024, 01:40:26
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Linux has a history of working better on vendors’ own proprietary
hardware than their own OSes could manage. It did this to Apple once,
back when the company sold those “XServe” servers, and now it’s doing
it again, this time with Windows games running on Apple’s own
laptop/desktop hardware
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https://arstechnica.com/apple/2024/10/asahi-linuxs-bespoke-gpu-driver-is-running-windows-games-on-apple-silicon-macs/>:
The work on Asahi's Vulkan and OpenGL drivers is particularly
impressive because Apple's own graphics drivers for macOS don't
support most of these APIs. Apple's deprecated-but-not-removed
OpenGL support tops out at version 4.1, the same level it's been
since 2013 ...