> some things never change.

Other things however do change. It is pointless to make current decisions on the state of software and drivers from years - let alone decades - ago. Back in the 2000s and early 2010s AMD's OpenGL story on Linux was pathetic, if you really wanted any sort of decent OpenGL on Linux you had to use Nvidia.

Things are very different nowadays and i'm saying that as someone who used to buy Nvidia because of their better OpenGL drivers and especially their Linux support.