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Thanks to Nvidia, there's a new generation of PCs coming, and they'll be running Linux (www.zdnet.com)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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."

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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 56 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Honestly, for real, a lot of low-power PCs are really useful once they have crap like Windows off of them and a lightweight Linux distro on them.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Exactly. Get yourself a somewhat low-end PC, wipe windows, and install Linux Mint, and you're pretty much golden.

[–] Emi@ani.social 12 points 2 days ago

Did exactly this with an old laptop and use to mainly for tv and occasionally browsing when staying at our hut/cottage? Still bit slow but works.

[–] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 days ago

I've found my preferences have been creeping up in price again, but only because I've found I want an actually physically lightweight laptop, and those have been getting more available, linux-able and capable.

I only need a few hundred dollars worth of computer, and anything more can live on a rack somewhere. I'll pay more than that for my computer to be light enough I don't need to think about.