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"Just buy a new gpu bro!" (rant) (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by procapra@lemmy.ml to c/technology@hexbear.net

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I've recently seen a trend in tech communities on lemmy where people have developed this mentality that computer hardware is as disposable as a compostable cup, and that after 10-15 years you should just chuck it in the bin and get something new. If someone asks for tech support, they'll just be told to buy new hardware. If someone is saddened their hardware is no longer supported by software they are just entitled, need to pull up their bootstraps, and "only" spend $100 to get something used that will also not be supported in 5 years. It doesn't matter if there is actual information out there that'll help them either. If the hardware is old, people will unanimously decide that nothing can be done.

I've seen this even in linux communities, what happened to people giving a damn about e-waste? Why is the solution always to just throw money at the problem? It's infuriating. I've half a mind to just block every tech/software community other than the ones on hexbear at this point.

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[–] FuckBigTech347@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 day ago

Packaging legacy drivers isn't really a solution. I have a literal stack of older NVidia Cards (some are even Quadros) that are just Paperweights because:

NVidia's Proprietary drivers suck dick and were never really good.
Since the NV Driver is Proprietary, you'll be stuck on an ancient version of Linux or FreeBSD (the Kernel version that NVidia compiled it for).
Forget Vulkan, OpenCL, Wayland and decent Hardware Video Decoding support unless you're lucky and your "legacy" card is recent enough for the driver to support at least some of those.

I'm really annoyed by how FreeDesktop/Nouveau developers only keep chasing the "latest and greatest" when there is a lot of existing Hardware out there that has only had half-assed support for at least a decade, but for some reason no one cares. Seriously, everytime I read about updates related to Nouveau or Mesa it's never about older Hardware anymore.