We have to look at both sides, because the OpenGL standard is what we are dealing with. Also Windows 10 has a lot more Updated code that was not in 7 & 8.
NVidia has always been behind the curve. You have to keep an eye on the Linux forums, since they are going to discuss any issues with video and audio more then the Windows forums.
The main point is the fact the Linux issue was a Linux programming problem and NOT a Nvidia problem. Nvidia did nothing to correct THEIR drivers for Linux. It was Linux that made the changes. But on the Windows 10 side of this, Nvidia has made a change in how its installed into Windows 10. MS has not as of yet anyhow made ANY changes to address the issue, so Nvidia changed into which directories it installs their Opencl.dll files in their latest release, which for now, has fixed the issue with the Opencl.dll file not passing the SFC Scannow process, as it no longer overwrites the MS opencl.dll files.
We HAVE been discussing this issue for MONTHS on THIS Forum bty..... I know cause I have been doing it myself along with others since we changed to Windows 1511 builds. We did not discuss this prior to the release of Windows build 1511 because their was no problem with Nvidia drivers BEFORE Windows 10 build 1511.
Again Linux is not different programming. It uses C & C++. The drivers for NVidea do not care about if it is Windows, since they are written on the OpenGL platform.
OpenGL does not care if it is Linux, Mac OS-X or Windows. DirectX has not been used by NVidea or AMD for about two years now. That is because OpenGL and OpenGL ES is Cross Platform capable, where as Microsoft's proprietary DirectX and Direct3D are not.
The problem when 10 came out. Microsoft did not update NVidea plane and simple.
Microsoft has a very bad habit in using extortion on chipset manufacturers to play by their rules.
What I meant was, Linux had to fix their OS to include the new Opencl.dll file, and be able to RUN it!!! Nvidia did nothing to change their driver for Linux.
That's is ALMOST true, except on THIS last New Update, it was Nvidia that DID change their driver to run with Windows 10 without giving ERRORS when any user would run SFC /Scannow (MS would remove 1 Opencl.dll and replace 2 others with theirs) In this case MS did nothing to fix this driver problem with Nvidia at all, So Nvidia DID!!! But, has done nothing about the other OS's like you wrote. THIS IS the difference .......that I am talking about. :)
MS still has done nothing, again in this case it was Nvidia that has made small changes as to how it installs itself unto Windows 10. But, Windows 10 version 10240 (early releases) did not have this opencl problem. Only showed up with the later version of 1511. Which has now been fixed BY Nvidia. :) Not MS
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