OK, maybe you wouldn't pay three grand for a Project DIGITS PC. But what about a $1,000 Blackwell PC from Acer, Asus, or Lenovo?

OK, maybe you wouldn’t pay three grand for a Project DIGITS PC. But what about a $1,000 Blackwell PC from Acer, Asus, or Lenovo?

Besides, why not use native Linux as the primary operating system on this new chip family? Linux, after all, already runs on the Grace Blackwell Superchip. Windows doesn’t. It’s that simple.

Nowadays, Linux runs well with Nvidia chips. Recent benchmarks show that open-source Linux graphic drivers work with Nvidia GPUs as well as its proprietary drivers.

Even Linus Torvalds thinks Nvidia has gotten its open-source and Linux act together. In August 2023, Torvalds said, “Nvidia got much more involved in the kernel. Nvidia went from being on my list of companies who are not good to my list of companies who are doing really good work.”

  • @Telorand@reddthat.com
    3•2 days ago

    As with anything, YMMV. I’m curious why you’re running games through Wine though. Proton seems to be the better option for gaming.

    • CethinEnglish
      3•7 hours ago

      I’m pretty sure the “correct” way to say it is “WINE with Proton.” You can’t run Proton alone. It’s an addition to WINE. Some people will just leave off either, and we all generally know what they mean, but if you’re being pedantic you need to say both, not just Proton.

    • verdare [he/him]
      7•2 days ago

      I use Proton for Steam and Bottles for everything else. I was using WINE as a catchall term, since all of these technologies are fundamentally built on top of it.

      • CethinEnglish
        1•7 hours ago

        Odds are you’re using Proton in Bottles too, or Heroic/Lutris. You’re using WINE for both though, including when using Proton.

      • @Telorand@reddthat.com
        2•2 days ago

        Gotcha. I figured that was the case, but I didn’t want to assume, since they’re not technically synonymous.