Ideally, yes. But if Nvidia is stubborn, there are two ways to go about it:
all existing Nvidia systems suddenly disappeared because Linus said something somewhere
Sure, if I would buy/upgrade my PC now, I would go AMD for the graphics - it's just less hassle this way, and open drivers are nice to have.
But it just so happened that I purchased my PC 5 years before I switched to Linux. It's a perfectly functional machine I don't feel the need to replace, and with many people coming over from Windows right now amid Windows 10 support termination, many more find themselves in a similar situation.
Building a new PC just for Linux is expensive, stupid, and not ecologically conscious. As Linux shows itself as a more democratic and old hardware-friendly option, supporting Nvidia GPUs, old or new, is a must, even if Nvidia itself gets hostile at times.
Thanks for a urethra lifehack! Might save me at times :D
People don't crave the system, they rather come to places that are advertised to them.
What they crave is:
etc.
Fediverse as a whole and Mastodon in particular is yet to answer to a lot of these challenges.
It already happens
On the other hand, maybe it will prop up PeerTube for once...
I played both official and private (pirate) servers, and from all I have experienced, Firestorm offered the best private server experience. It's actually very smooth on the newest expansions, although some of them (like Mists of Pandaria) sure need some love.
I share your concerns about dungeon finder etc., and I believe it could be fun to have some kind of private server with newest content, but also some features removed specifically to make people experience more real human connection, like in the Classic era. I wasn't there back then in the 00's, but even just World of Warcraft Classic and WoW Classic TBC definitely made me experience the game differently. There's just...no rush, and more human element. I like it.
Questing element is still there, and it can be fun, but something about game's pace makes you skip it over rather quickly. Many folks just try to level up real quick and go through dungeons to see the numbers go up - but it's not that every player has to do so.
But, on the other end, the game just became more of everything, and a lot that has changed about it has rather changed about the player base. Nothing stops you from walking out to the Elwynn Forest with your friends and go to the Deadmines, like you always did. On the other end, nothing stops you from racing dragons, either. The content is still there, the core mechanics unaltered, and with the right people wishing exactly the same kind of playthrough you can get all of the old joys yet again.
Maybe more people started playing the game a certain (arguably killjoy) way. But you don't have to, and the game as you know it is still there, waiting.
Raiding community seems to be extremely toxic. I feel like the level of challenge Blizzard brings with raids doesn't resonate with casual players who just want to see the content of the expansion. If there could be levels like in dungeons, this could greatly alleviate it. Until then, the difficulty mechanic applied in raids (more players = more boss HP) will inevitably lead to conflicts once weaker players want to join the party.
Somewhat similar issues appear with Mythic dungeons, but there at least they added a gradual increase of difficulty. Imagine going for, like, Mythic +5 right after Heroic, and this is what you get when you just want to see raiding content without grinding for hundreds and thousands of hours of the absolute same dungeons over and over again.
Ohhh, I'd love some rant!
Also, I think that starting with Dragonflight, they kinda started going back on track. Didn't play enough The War Within to make any conclusions yet, I'm a bit of a patient gamer.
There are some questionable mechanics, there are some things borrowed from other MMOs, there is a bit of uncomfortable pacing here and there, but that's pretty much how it's always been, and overall my impression of the new direction of the game is positive.
(Also, we're finally back with talent trees, whew!)
Never saw the show, but I read through the main book series and connected works as a teen.
Was a very worthy read back then. Still warmly remember the series.
Doesn't anon know Rule34? It's the first one you need on Reddit
You make it look like old Nvidia cards are the only reason X11 is held around.
Heck, I had trouble installing remote desktop for my work (they use Omnissa Horizon) on Fedora, because the app still exclusively supports X11, and Fedora removed it in version 42.
There are plenty of instances of similar things happening here and there, and currently, ditching X11 will still be catastrophic for many users' workflows.