On 9 July 2016 09:12:28 BST, juris...@gmail.com wrote:
>> I definitely think we should remove that guide though. Nouveau
>supports almost all Nvidia cards, and Qubes includes the signed
>firmware required for the newer Nvidia cards. With Nouveau we can now
>have 3D acceleration in dom0 without the proprietary driver. From
>hardware support perspective we don't need to show people how to
>install proprietary driver in dom0, if they want to, can't they just
>ask on the mailing list? It is also bad for people's software freedom
>to support the proprietary driver. Thoughts?
>> 
>> D.
>
>Duncan, nouveau is kinda bugged, new distros are starting to have this
>issues in their forums or add an NVIDIA or AMD option in their grub
>menu (nomodeset option), for example, check the small distro FATDOG 64
>(puppy linyx) grub menu, for the problematic new cards that doesnt work
>with those old drivers anymore 

Links, evidence?
Newer cards do work, with signed firmware, which Qubes includes. Look at the 
supported cards page on Nouveau.

D.

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