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Don't yuck my yum (lemm.ee)
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[-] danielton@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Or Sway with --my-next-gpu-wont-be-nvidia

Because for some inexplicable reason, Linux fans always seem to have nvidia

[-] edinbruh@feddit.it 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Here are some possible reasons

  • Nvidia is more popular in general
  • Gamers (used to see Nvidia perform better)
  • CUDA (which is the de facto standard for AI/parallel computing)
  • Many people come from windows
  • Nvidia kinda works, with proprietary drivers and xorg
[-] danielton@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I had two PCs with an nvidia GPU at different points, and the damn proprietary drivers were the bane of my existence on both PCs. I call them novideo because almost every time I had any updates, the drivers stopped working. And it blows my mind that Linux-first companies like System76 are STILL selling laptops with those GPUs in them.

Linux users and vendors really need to stop giving that company their money.

[-] prim3r@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

There was a bug in the nvidia driver for a whole year that broke audio over display port for me and a bunch of other people. Had to use legacy drivers cuz fuck me I guess. It was a known issue basically the entire time.

[-] danielton@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

They need to open source the driver before I will buy any nvidia products ever again. Still blows my mind that System76 and other Linux-first hardware companies are continuing to ship PCs with nvidia GPUs.

[-] SchrodingersPat@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Idk if I'm smart enough to setup wayland

[-] danielton@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It's very easy to use Wayland if you don't have an nvidia GPU. Even KDE Plasma supports it.

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