Exactly my thoughts. Many of us indeed deeply appreciate the hard work of Nvidia’s Linux team. I’m sure everyone there is accomplishing well beyond what can reasonably be expected, given the limited resources clearly allocated to Linux.
I’ve used Nvidia GPUs for 20+ years, including on systems like FreeBSD, and overall I’ve had very good—sometimes excellent—experience. There have been problems, sure, but I’ve had issues with AMD too (for example, it took several years to fix this bug).
The real problem—which I find disheartening—is the lack of transparency and communication.
It took me about two half-days to put together my own report on Starfield and Assassin’s Creed: Shadows. I didn’t expect an instant response. I fully understand there are many competing priorities—and let’s be honest, this particular issue isn’t critical. It’s frustrating, absolutely, but not on the level of GPU hangs or blank screens.
I also understand that fixing this would likely require significant developer and QA effort. If that means it takes months to address, or even longer, I get that—and I would still greatly appreciate the work.
But the complete absence of even a basic acknowledgement? That’s what’s disheartening.
I can imagine why. Big companies often have policies discouraging public acknowledgement of unresolved problems, whether due to liability concerns or PR risk. But that doesn’t make it feel any less discouraging.
And I’ll just say this, however unlikely this message is to reach Nvidia’s management:
We aren’t just gamers. Some of us work in IT, some in AI—industry or research. When we make business decisions in those places, we base them not on emotion—but on cold equations.
Trust—however—is an integral part of those equations.
