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[–] Mabvs 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

lol.. well, don't feel too bad. AMD drivers were complete and utter horseshit on Windows for years too. We used to call Catalyst Cataclysm. But yeah, with Linux, it's all about nVidia for now.

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[–] GodofGrunts 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

A lot of the Linux crowd are completely elitist and hipster and hold back a lot of possible progress in the name of 'purity'.

Lol wut

I'm sorry, did you miss the whole Snowden thing that just happened? Is it really wrong for people to want access to the code their running on their machine? You have no idea what your machine is doing.

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[–] lawofchaos ago 

Oh that's not really what I meant. I completely understand the value in open source software but if I CHOOSE to use a closed source driver for my graphics card or if I want to play an awesome game on Linux, I don't see why my choice to install that software should be ruined and made almost non existent because of people who choose not to use that software. It's as simple as a personal decision to install said software or not. People who 'know better' tend to like making choices for other people.

Also, as far as elitism is concerned, the Ubuntu forums have to be the only forums for a Linux distro I have come across where people are actually friendly with each other. I've had questions either ignored or shat on elsewhere while I always have success with the Ubuntu forums.

I get it, go completely 100% open source if you want, I would love it if all software was open source. But that will never be a reality and I don't appreciate having no decent graphics drivers or games to play because the community is too full of shit for any of the large companies.

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[–] GodofGrunts 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

The "elitist" as you call them aren't the problem though. There is literally nothing stopping Nvidia and AMD from making a better driver except for Nvidia and AMD. They are the ones who chose to put minimal manpower and budget into the driver's development.