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Linus even gave Nvidia a thumbs up! But the latest Nvidia graphics hardware, the GeForce GTX 900 series, “is VERY open-source unfriendly,” according to a Nouveau developer. Nvidia seemed to be improving after Valve announced its Steam Machine endeavor. Torvalds also called them “the single worst company” the Linux developer community has ever had to deal with. On the other hand, Nvidia has been so hostile to the open-source community that Linus Torvalds literally gave it the middle finger a few years ago. On the one hand, Nvidia’s proprietary graphics drivers have always been the best-performing ones for Linux gaming.
Linux users have long had a love-hate relationship with Nvidia.
