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virgin HDMI vs chad VGA (programming.dev)
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[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Explain?

[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 90 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The HDMI consortium are shitheads who demand royalties, and all Linux PCs are gimped to not have modern HDMI features because of it.

[–] bobo@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

and all Linux PCs are gimped to not have modern HDMI features because of it.

Isn't the issue with open sourcing their code, and so for example Nvidia closed source drivers support everything?

[–] Velypso@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's the year of the linux desktop!

(Unless you enjoy high fidelity gaming)

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 47 points 2 days ago (2 children)

This play port is superior and is what is used on most high-end GPUs.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 51 points 2 days ago (1 children)

bone apple tea

[–] Zetta@mander.xyz 10 points 2 days ago

xD now I can't fix it

[–] versionc@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Yeah, but unfortunately most TVs don't support DisplayPort. Although that reminds me someone made patches to the Linux kernel to enable 4k@120 Hz through HDMI without color degradation on AMD GPUs. I haven't heard much about them since they were brought up in media, but if I recall correctly CachyOS included them in their kernel.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Are there many people that care about "high fidelity gaming" and HDMI features Linux can't support - AND trying to play on a standard TV?

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Are you sitting 1 foot from the 56' screen? No? Then display port is more than fine.

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Did you mean HDMI?

[–] Zoot@reddthat.com 1 points 1 day ago

No, but I did respond to the wrong comment. Whoops

[–] versionc@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Are you implying that gaming on a 120 Hz 4k OLED TV is somehow bad?

[–] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A big reason why Linux is popping off as much as it is lately, is because of HTPCs, so yes

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

But they're fine for that