Nvidia's New Linux Driver Brings Torvalds From Middle Finger To Thumbs Up!

Torvalds once said that NVIDIA is the worst company that he has ever dealt with. And he did not stop at that and went on to say "Nvidia, 
f**k you!" 

Nvidia has reportedly contributed with software that will allow Linux to make use of the graphics processing power of the company’s new Tegra K1 mobile chip. This has made Linux founder Linux Torvalds happy. Commenting on the move, Torvalds said on Google+, “This time I’m raising a thumb for Nvidia. Good times.” This is a big change from the last time Torvalds the company, when he had offered them a middle finger.

Further, Torvalds said, “My email address might surprise some of you, so let me anticipate some questions you might have. Yes, this work is endorsed by Nvidia. Several other...have provided significant technical guidance and will continue their involvement…Let me also stress that although very exciting, the effort is still experimental, so I would like to make sure that nobody makes excessive expectations based on these few patches.”

Although Linux hasn’t entire been popular in this department, having an open source driver should make it easier for developers and programmers. Otherwise, it is tough for programmers to keep the apps up to date and also to debug them.

Linus Torvalds Google+ Page

To read about the 2012 incident click here