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0 pointsrollcat2y ago0 comments

NVidia on Linux is an unholy mess, and always has been (at the very least since 2004, which is my earliest memory of fighting it). It's true even on NVidia's own SoC (Jetson).

It almost feels like they're trying hard to make the experience worse for everyone: users, OS developers, app developers, hardware developers... I don't know what to make of it, if you want NVidia you should pick an OS other than Linux (I've heard FreeBSD actually works fine), if you want Linux pick a GPU other than NVidia.

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slimsag2y ago

I tried PopOS! recently and nvidia GPU worked 100% fine out of the box, without doing anything.

rollcatOP2y ago

When projects like Sway only enable NVidia support behind a flag named --my-next-gpu-wont-be-nvidia, I have sincere doubts that a different gift wrapping will change anything.

attentive2y ago

Does it do video hardware decoding in the browser? - I tried it and it didn't do it on nvidia.

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