My older previous computer has a GTX 1070 and I don’t use it because I avoid the proprietary driver. If the nouveau driver becomes good, I can use my older secondary computer for something else. Hell, it can even game, but that wouldn’t be my main usage anyway.
So yes, there are people caring about nouveau driver.
With old hardware, beggars can’t be choosers. I get the appeal of the nouveau driver, but if your goal is to save a machine from the landfill, it’s probably the better compromise to use the proprietary driver and keep it actually competitive for as long as possible. Those 900/1000 series cards are still plenty powerful today, even if they can’t quite do AAA gaming anymore.
My older previous computer has a GTX 1070 and I don’t use it because I avoid the proprietary driver. If the nouveau driver becomes good, I can use my older secondary computer for something else. Hell, it can even game, but that wouldn’t be my main usage anyway.
So yes, there are people caring about nouveau driver.
With old hardware, beggars can’t be choosers. I get the appeal of the nouveau driver, but if your goal is to save a machine from the landfill, it’s probably the better compromise to use the proprietary driver and keep it actually competitive for as long as possible. Those 900/1000 series cards are still plenty powerful today, even if they can’t quite do AAA gaming anymore.