What serious Linux users buy GPUs based on raw gaming performance on release week?
I personally buy based on open-source driver support. And this includes long-term active support, AND developer approachability.
My current GPU is an AMD/Radeon one because of that. But I’m reconsidering my position when my next hardware upgrade comes.
I reported an AMD GPU driver issue to mesa once. It was tested, confirmed, and patched by a competent AMD developer within a few days. Now you have easily reproducible issues like this not even going past the testing phase after many months. And there are similar issues across all model generations.
If I were to upgrade my workstation next year, I would probably go with an AMD CPU and an Intel GPU, which is the exact opposite of my current setup 🙃. One should never rely on outdated perceptions.
The most important part of curl is the library, not the CLI tool. And the TLS backend is very much relevant due to varying features supported, different licenses involved, and varying levels of ease when it comes to building and distribution.
That’s when you’re providing binaries. Otherwise, you would have to be wary of potential compatibility issues with
libcurl
packages provided by different Linux distributions for example.See CURLOPT_ECH for a recent and still evolving example of this.