Linus Torvalds, the man behind the magnitude of the open source Linux operating system could excite a sense of annoyance against Nvidia with a raised middle finger. Now, turn the graphics card manufacturers are answering the action.
Some time ago Torvalds speaking at an open forum in Otaniemi, Finland. On occasion, the 'father of Linux' This could answer a question from a woman who are having trouble using Linux on his computer that uses Nvidia Optimus.
"Nvidia has been one of the worst problems we have with the hardware manufacturers," said Torvalds. But soon after said it was, the man who just got a Nobel Prize in this technology to Nvidia the middle finger.
Hard look at comments from the founder of Linux, Nvidia did not stay silent. Through its website, is the largest manufacturer of graphics cards with a diplomatic answer.
"We understand that some parties have asked for detailed documentation on all the information our GPU, or more actively in the discussion of Linux kernel development community. But we have decided to support Linux in accordance with the structure, rather than the structure of Linux," wrote Nvidia, as quoted, Friday (6/22/2012).
Yes, information leakage is the main reason not to release Nvidia open source driver. Though this step is performed its main rival AMD.
Furthermore, Nvidia Optimus explains that technology is only designed for Windows. Even so, they also said they would continue to support open source by actively participating in the Bumblebee Open Source Project, a community that developed the Nvidia driver in Linux.
