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Nvidia Removed Linux Driver Feature For Feature Parity With Windows

Posted by timothy on from the leveling-the-playing-the-field dept.

RemyBR writes "Softpedia points to a Nvidia Developer Zone forum post revealing that the company has removed a specific Linux feature as of the v310 drivers due to the Windows platform. A BaseMosaic user on Ubuntu 12.04 noticed a change in the number of displays that can be used simultaneously after upgrading from the v295 drivers to v310. Another user, apparently working for Nvidia, gave a very troubling answer: 'For feature parity between Windows and Linux we set BaseMosaic to 3 screens.'"

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  1. Removing feature for parity with another platform? by DJ+Rubbie · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Anyway, if i'm right, optimus support under linux is not on par with windows.
    Are you nvidia going to fix optimus on linux, or "for feature parity" are you going to make the optimus support worse on windows too?

    Directly quoting someone from that thread because this was exactly what I was thinking of.

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  2. Re: SteamOS by jeff.d.woods · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Valve stated that SteamOS will be open source. Even their prototype beta hardware will be open and hackable.