alt Hacker NewsAdding Linux support back for the BASIC (free) version of Vivado
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Don't mess with us again AMD! Lest you rouse our anger.
Well there you go, "victory" for the Linux community:
> We’ve heard the feedback from the FPGA and Linux developer community regarding upcoming Vivado licensing changes, particularly concerns around Linux support.
> Supporting developers across diverse workflows and environments remains important to AMD. To address this feedback, we will continue Linux support in Vivado Basic with the upcoming Vivado 2026.1 release.
Everyone is "happy" (For now.) But believe them the first time and look at the canned response they gave to you. They (AMD) are still not your friends.
Until next time.
I don't understand the fuss about this. Offering freeware as marketing gimmick so you can work in the most propietary closed software domain (fpgas toolchains)?
Related previously:
Why is Vivado 2026.1 dropping Linux support for free tier?
snort "We appreciate the community’s candid feedback and ongoing engagement as we continue improving the developer experience"
Feedback like "WTF are you guys smoking?" and "Time to go elsewhere, Efinix look good, Gowan a close second" etc. etc.
This is not the sort of feedback one should be receiving let alone appreciating. Do your job right, and people wouldn't be giving you feedback like this.
I find myself wondering whether AMD has made some absurd high-level error like treating the Vivado as a separate business division with its own expenses and revenue and expecting it to be profitable.
One thing that AI is not about to solve is executives completely missing the point :)