Of course we do. Please stop thinking of it as an option. It's not a hobby/toyOS that a small group of nerds plays with.
Dammit AMD, please pull your head out of your ass.
I think they should ask themselves if they want a competitive product. For which linux support is a super hard, non negotiable requirement. In general tool chains that work, I would say. And especially on the #1 data center platform.
I'm a serious open source person, and even I'm investing in Nvidia for AI, until AMD not only matches price:performance&functionality, but also shows that they're committed to open source and Linux.
Maybe AMD is thinking of this Ryzen AI as only for consumer gaming PCs (currently primarily Windows). And/or maybe they're pressured by Microsoft to sabotage Linux this way.
Linux and other open source development tends to happen around consumer hardware. We already have enough problems with Linux and open source losing ground, due to even many random Hacker News developers creating new grassroots network effects behind Windows and Mac, instead of behind open platforms.
If AMD isn't even investing enough engineers in open source Linux for their AI products (including consumer devices), then I'm not going to bother with the extra headache of dealing with AMD AI stuff in addition to Nvidia.
If AMD is going to push us to lose further ground with open source and Linux, this is an additional way that Nvidia is looking like a relatively better choice.
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[ 2.7 ms ] story [ 16.3 ms ] threadWhat is this trash from github?
So I'm gonna rephrase it:
Firefox what is this trash?
Maybe AMD is thinking of this Ryzen AI as only for consumer gaming PCs (currently primarily Windows). And/or maybe they're pressured by Microsoft to sabotage Linux this way.
Linux and other open source development tends to happen around consumer hardware. We already have enough problems with Linux and open source losing ground, due to even many random Hacker News developers creating new grassroots network effects behind Windows and Mac, instead of behind open platforms.
If AMD isn't even investing enough engineers in open source Linux for their AI products (including consumer devices), then I'm not going to bother with the extra headache of dealing with AMD AI stuff in addition to Nvidia.
If AMD is going to push us to lose further ground with open source and Linux, this is an additional way that Nvidia is looking like a relatively better choice.
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linux/
Even SQL Server containers are only supported on GNU/Linux, not on Windows containers.
AMD can manage to screw GNU/Linux users all by themselves.