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Bazzite, others announce Open Gaming Collective (gardinerbryant.com)
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[–] 21 points 6 months ago* (3 children)

Instead of each distro maintaining separate patches and fragmented hardware support, improvements can now be shared across the entire ecosystem

Pardon my ignorance but why is a "collective" necessary for this? Is this not something they could have already been doing unofficially?

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  • [–] 60 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

    I think the main difference is before they would go

    kernel patch -> own repo -> (own distro and PR to mainline Linux) -> other distros

    now they're gonna go

    kernel patch -> OGC repo -> (OGC distros and PR to mainline Linux) -> other distros

    and that means there will be way more code reviewers and testers (and more automated testing?) happening before release

    and these things being merged together earlier also makes it easier, especially since I imagine the mainline Linux is pretty slow to accept gaming-related patches

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  • [–] [S] 35 points 6 months ago

    Yes, but this formalizes things, possibly putting in place policies and SOPs and uniformly agreed upon structures

    Not to mention, depending on the legal structure, tax benefits and cash pooling and other financial benefits

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