Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 00:51:39 -0500 From: "Joe A." <freebsd@chthonixia.net> To: FreeBSD Questions Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD 12.0 end-of-life Message-ID: <20200221055139.GA969@ghostyhead.chthonixia.net> In-Reply-To: <CAFYkXjnJvfBi68Zg6gf8Jr3n4O9C=F3pM8rbHDGKcbmQE2DUMw@mail.gmail.com> References: <20200217231452.717FA1E820@freefall.freebsd.org> <CAFYkXjmZi1-MB6W0HsMx9gHek7Xg5heoSKKWkNTnw74dxRTwAw@mail.gmail.com> <ead08f6c-3dc4-210d-b321-549eb0ad721f@malikania.fr> <20200220154101.GA53326@ghostyhead.chthonixia.net> <CAFYkXjnKO2ayKjh4KKTL1y_rcMbF62CePMcG=Z3KVtptU%2BUGPQ@mail.gmail.com> <20200221010421.GA54290@ghostyhead.chthonixia.net> <CAFYkXjnJvfBi68Zg6gf8Jr3n4O9C=F3pM8rbHDGKcbmQE2DUMw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Feb 21, 2020 at 06:20:50AM +0100, Tomasz CEDRO wrote: > > I was also big fan of nVidia for about 20 years.. until I wanted to > use it for OpenCL on BSD and found out they dont give a sh$^ about > supporting Open-Source (see famous Linus middle finger scene, also > note that nvidia drivers are binary blobs) so I switched to AMD RADEON Had I my preferences, I'd run AMD Radeon also. But I had such issues with the Radeon APUs that I just decided to go with the Nvidia, at least until things sorted between AMD and FreeBSD. Not that anyone is at fault nor that the volunteers don't do what is needed; it's just that many things are changing. For instance, it wasn't that long ago that I couldn't even find (let alone afford) a GPU for a PCI slot...remember how bitcoin miners were purchasing everything in sight and driving prices way up[1]? It's only been the in the last year or so that I began seeing GPUs for a PCI slot on the shelves. So at the time, I had no choice but to purchase an AMD APU. It's a good thing there were volunteers for FreeBSD that worked on those. -- [1] Well, there was an old-power-wasting-runs-hot-card. But who wants that?
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