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Making musl and proprietary NVIDIA drivers work together(chimera-linux.org)

The article discusses the challenges of using musl-based Linux distributions with NVIDIA graphics cards, which rely on proprietary drivers built for glibc. The author has been experimenting with making musl and proprietary NVIDIA drivers work together, exploring solutions such as GLVND, gcompat, and patchelf. The goal is to enable musl-based distributions to function properly with NVIDIA graphics cards, which currently have limited compatibility due to the proprietary nature of the drivers. The author's efforts aim to bridge this gap, allowing for better support of NVIDIA hardware on musl-based systems, which currently rely on free software drivers like Nouveau and NVK for limited functionality.