You’ve mentioned in the thread you’ve on Debian 12 - have you installed mesa from backports?

The version of mesa on 12 is is 22.3.6 which is before the release of the 7900GRE and only very early RDNA3 support.

bookworm-backports has 25.0.7

If you read through https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/ you can enable the backports repo then just reinstall mesa (or dist-upgrade)

Broadcom has always been a kernel black hole.

So many routers stuck on Linux 2.6 or 3.4 due to Broadcom.

Hear me out, 316 Stainless.

So no GNOME on BSD anymore?

If you want GNOME you need a corporate aligned linux-only desktop with all the IBM trimmings? IBM who has been known forever for the poor quality of their code? IBM who pays by the KLOC?

This but also for Reddit.

Sneaky bite incoming

Really only depends on how new the new GPU is vs. how old the Kernel is.

example: If you’re running Debian Stable and trying to put in an RTX 5090, you’ll likely have a bad time, since neither the kernel nor Mesa support blackwell on Trixie without backporting.

• If you’re using a rolling release distro, just update first but you’ll probably be fine already. If you’re using a point release distro, make sure that release supports your hardware first.

• If you’re buying some older (but new to you) hardware, you’ll probably be fine.

• You’ll be fine with anything AMD or Intel even on debian stable, since they’re both active in developing their linux support, where nVidia doesn’t support FOSS drivers.

• If you’re buying nVidia that new/powerful, you’ll be better served by their proprietary drivers you can install - just keep in mind you won’t be able to run very recent (and certainly not bleeding edge) kernels with the proprietary nV drivers.

Mustek 1248UB

I remember buying one of those from ‘Electronics Boutique’ over 20 years ago. Before they nuked all the extra PC peripherals and renamed it ‘EB Games’

I am content

Where can I watch? :P

I had a package bug with Mesa on Sid today, which got me reading the changelogs.

libd3dadapter9 / GalliumNine was removed. It’s been long coming, since Gallium3D is deprecated, but it did get me a little nostalgic.

GalliumNine is almost the progenitor of the current linux gaming movment, wined3d had been uh… terrible for quite some time and then out of almost nowhere - ‘native’ D3D9 on Linux. Right on the coattails of the Radeon driver starting to seriously not suck (well before amdgpu) - everything sort of came together for real linux gaming experience.

Ave GalliumNine.

Can’t use PyKMS to active Linux, so VBSKeyDaemon.vb?

I just wanted to distro name to be ‘Bastard’ :P

deb http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bastard main

It’s probably too soon after 25.10 for another Australian animal, so lets go-

28.04 Bastard Bandicoot.

Apple’s lawsuit with Apple Corps/The Beatles was lengthy.

Do you think Canonical have the cash and energy to fight that battle?

A Samsung Galaxy S3 running last official firmware?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jan/26/trump-android-samsung-phone-security-hacks

Your phone SoC will thermal throttle after a few seconds of use.

Your Desktop should not.

What the hell is that device doing when in the US?

Having to run the radio at a higher power due to the much lower density of cell towers. Australia suffers the same issue, Europe has towers everywhere and typically uses higher bands so they can pack more towers in.

Germany for example uses 3.5-3.6GHz for 5G, Australia is using 700MHz and will eventually be using ~550-700MHz. Longer wavelength travels longer in big open country, small wavelength travels shorter distance allowing you to pack more towers and capacity in.

I’m guessing a pouch cell counts as ‘one cell’ vs. a larger battery pack with multiple cylindrical cells.

It also explains why Apple does that weird thing with 4-5 batteries in a macbook…

gaming tablet

Burn it all down. Entire world is done.

https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nYearMin=2022&fDisplayInchesMin=5.2&fDisplayInchesMax=5.8