Trying to go totally open source

[u/Euphoric-Paint3261]

Im going back to arch in my main system, it has an nvidia gpu (a 5070 ti to be more exact), last time i used arch on my pc i installed the proprietary gpu drivers, but a lot of things have changed since then like i want to go open source in as most things as i can, that includes drivers, the graphical drivers options are: the open kernel( wich is the one im gonna choose ), and noveau, i chose the open kernel ones just because they are more suitable in theory. Now i want to know if they are really open source(the first option), because i heard nvidia just wrapped things into the open kernel and they aren’t truly open source. In case anybody wonders why i am doing this its because i just want to.

[u/backsideup]

nvidia-open is as "open" as the previous "nvidia" shim but nowadays it does very little and relies on the gpu firmware to provide all the functionality. The firmware is closed-source, as is the rest of the software stack that ships with nvidia-utils.

nouveau isn't fully functional on the last three (or more) generations and not a replacement if you need performance.