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As I recall, the RPMFusion nvidia build needed a patch for kernel 5.6. Did the negativo17 repo show a 5.6 patch? That could be your difference.
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And because of most screens transition process from resolution X to resolution Y includes abrupt visual transitions (black for 2-3+ seconds, multiple...

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Whenever possible Canonical (like everyone else) prefers to push fixes upstream in order to reduce their own unique long term support burden. Sometimes...

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"I don't know what the programming language of the year 2000 will look like, but I know it will be called FORTRAN." - Dr. Charles (Tony) Ho...

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BTRFS tries (as many new implementations would logically do) to take some of the best ideas (that are not prohibited to be utilized under IP constraints)...

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One of the confusions that often come about is that ZFS (as originally designed) is not just a filesystem, but it is also a volume manager, and it is...

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Well, yes, and no. In order to get a code signing certificate for Windows in order to sign the kernel mode driver to be able to load it you need to spend...

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3rd parties have been offering file system drivers for Windows for ext[n], and hfs+, and apfs for some quite some time....

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In the early 90's DoD required ADA for their systems, but there was an exception process. And many projects used it (making the requirement more of a...

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Or update the specification (it is not a formal standard) as appropriate. There is a process in the USB-IF to update/clarify specifications as appropriate,...

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The old joke (which is because you have to laugh rather than cry) is that GIMP is a great program with unmatched functionality that is impossible to find...

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If by nobody you mean many of the large computational libraries that underlie things like weather forecasting, or physics, then sure, nobody needs Fortran....

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"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated"

That said, the future of gcc is in the hands of people who want it to continue....

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I worry more about the language improvements going forward. Adding the latest C++ standard feature often requires significant resources in both the compiler...

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In most cases, as you say, the differences tend to be on the edges (and/or very specific code that can show one, or the other, a strong winner).
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It was never clear whether there would be any announcement of real actual support (although some people got their fantasies started), or perhaps just...

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It is likely worth remembering that embedded 32bit (ARM and other) systems used for IoT and instrumentation are likely to be being manufactured and running...

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I don't think it has yet been decided on the specific feature requirements, but remember that RHEL is targeted towards supporting enterprise customers...

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AWS has been making datacenter ARM (the Graviton) processors available for quite some time now. For certain scale out workloads they can be a very attractive...

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100BaseVG is a standard that itself was withdrawn nearly two decades ago. Half duplex fast ethernet over voice grade cat 3 wiring was interesting at...