Ah ok, so it’s just the kernel part that they’re open sourcing, but a proprietary driver will still need to be installed just as before. I knew there had to be a catch.

I guess it’s nice that this would help with kernel issues, like graphics breaking when you install a new kernel. But still not quite what I was hoping for.

Is this really as good as it sounds? There’s some parts of the article that concern me:

The initial release targeted datacenter compute GPUs

Not every GPU is compatible with the open-source GPU kernel modules.

Is there any chance that this just means only a certain class of GPU’s are ever going to support open source, while their mainline desktop GPU’s will still be proprietary?

Not trying to spread FUD, but I don’t want to get too excited until I know for sure that this means they will support open source drivers on all their future desktop GPU’s.

Except the other guy should be the NPC. NPC’s don’t need as much sleep because they have no dreams.