• 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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    14 hours ago

    All these Nvidia driver memes are why I haven’t fully switched to Linux with my main rig (which is used solely for gaming). Servers, fuck yeah boy, Linux all the way. Stable as fuck and super lightweight. But I don’t need those to render things in 3D at 60+ FPS.

    I also never got Wi-Fi drivers working until Ubuntu first came out and I tried it.

    That kinda shit makes it feel like a catch-22: some things don’t work on Linux because nobody is developing that thing for Linux, and they aren’t developing that thing for Linux because people who use that thing don’t use Linux (because it’s not there). Partially why I learned to code; sometimes I want something that doesn’t exist so I must create it. Unfortunately, I am not learned enough to make drivers/wrappers. 😔

    • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
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      1 hour ago

      Haven’t had an Nvidia issue for years

      It was slower to adopt Wayland but that’s resolved

      Longevity of AMD is better but that same issue exists on other Operating Systems

    • MehBlah@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      I’ve had wireless working in linux since 2002. 802.11b was complex but quick. I was still running slackware back then.

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      13 hours ago

      Meanwhile in reality installing Nvidia drivers is literally just a checkbox in a Drivers menu in system settings. Unless you are using Arch or something.

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        13 hours ago

        I recently finally moved to Linux (Mint). I have Nvidia GPU and yes, all I had to do was check the box and the drivers installed automatically. No problems so far.

        I still have Windows 11 installed though (dualboot). I know there’s some compatibility problems with Linux that’s affecting me, but Linux is my main OS.

    • CoffeeGhost@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      13 hours ago

      The memes are extremely outdated at this point. I’ve been rocking Linux with a 3070 for the last year and a half and have only seen minor issues and major improvements. Not to say it’s perfect, but my issues have been more from me rocking arch Linux and breaking my system than Nvidia issues