On 10/8/24 08:14, to...@tuxteam.de wrote:
On Tue, Oct 08, 2024 at 01:41:20PM +0200, Roger Price wrote:
[...]
Synaptic now finds nvidia-settings, but wants 72 other packages to be
loaded, including gcc which I took as a health and safety warning.
This is DKMS [1]: NVIDIA's kernel module isn't GPL compatible (but the
GPL allows you, the end user, to compile whatever you like). So DKMS
goes and compiles the kernel module in your box at package install for
you. That's what gcc is for.
Somewhere between magic and alien tech, if you ask me :-D
Not magic, or off-planet stuff, Tomas, but nvidia finally after 40 years
realizing they are not going to monetize THEIR code, but more
importantly, they are beginning to understand also that if they want to
sell us smart sand, it had better work with our way of doing things. We
are a market they today can't afford to ignore. One very small step in
the right direction for nvidia. I see it as progress for us. And
progress should be accepted with a smile.
Cheers
[1] https://wiki.debian.org/KernelDKMS
Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
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