ylai@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 10 months agoLinux's New DRM Panic "Blue Screen of Death" In Actionwww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareverstra@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoWhat’s DRM in this context? Surely linux kernel doesn’t do digital rights management?
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoDoesn’t matter; I still get triggered by it every time anyway.
minus-squareffhein@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoIt ought to be mandatory to write this out whenever talking about Linux. I’ve seen more than one person bash Linux in a public forum “because it has digital rights management built into the kernel” after they’ve misinterpreted some news headline.
minus-squaremacniel@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoActually there is DRM in the kernel thanks to the HDMI blobs.
minus-squarepotatopotato@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoFuck HDMI. The committee makes doing custom hardware near impossible unless you’re a mega corp
minus-squareXephonian@retrolemmy.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·10 months agoIt was made by Hollywood for Hollywood.
minus-squarejinwk00@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoDirect Rendering Manager. Part of Linux kernel to communicate with GPUs.
What’s DRM in this context? Surely linux kernel doesn’t do digital rights management?
DRM came before DRM
Doesn’t matter; I still get triggered by it every time anyway.
It ought to be mandatory to write this out whenever talking about Linux. I’ve seen more than one person bash Linux in a public forum “because it has digital rights management built into the kernel” after they’ve misinterpreted some news headline.
Actually there is DRM in the kernel thanks to the HDMI blobs.
Fuck HDMI. The committee makes doing custom hardware near impossible unless you’re a mega corp
It was made by Hollywood for Hollywood.
Direct Rendering Manager
Direct Rendering Manager. Part of Linux kernel to communicate with GPUs.