[x86-64] LibreELEC Generic-Legacy Nvidia future?

    Hi, I have now updated my PC with the latest Libreelec Generic. And I am now wondering what will happen after this update, as I read that there will be no support for Nvidia in the future anymore. I am not very good at computers and I am wondering if you can use the external graphics card that is installed to still use my PC for Libreelec or is it because of the integrated graphics card? Is Nvidia controlling the graphics on the motherboard, please help me in case I have to buy a new computer for the next update. I am attaching my computer specifications. Kind regards Thore from Sweden

    Motherboard: MSI Z170A PC MATE

    GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950/PCIe/SSE2

    CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6400 CPU @ 2.70GHz

    RAM: 8gb

    Graphics Card:

    ASUS GeForce GTX 950 2GB OC (GTX950-OC-2GD5)

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    Can i still use it in the future?

    One long-term challenge is that the latest nVidia cards are moving to an open-source (in-kernel) driver and GBM/Wayland, while more recent cards can also use GBM/Wayland but still need the vendor driver (cannot be packaged alongside the in-kernel driver) and older cards (like yours) still need the vendor driver and Xorg. GBM/Wayland is 'modern' which is nice, but Wayland does not support the userspace controlled refresh-rate mode switch that we use with AMD/Intel and ARM SoC hardware to give the best media playback experience so it's bit of a "one step forwards, one step backwards" improvement. To further complicate things, mesa has recently dropped VDPAU support and Kodi does not support NVDEC. Right now 'PlanB' would be to swap to a general purpose distro where you can install the right combination of drivers, but at some point updates will break support.

    So it might be worth experimenting with the onboard Intel graphics (and nVidia card disabled). I'm not finding much info on the GPU for that MSI motherboard but it will be Intel and supports up-to HDMI 1.4, so while it would suck for games on Windows when compared to the nVidia card, its media hardware decode capabilities are probably similar and "good enough" for Kodi.