• @[email protected]
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      3110 months ago

      I have never had problems with Nvidia drivers on Linux mint detects them and ask if you want to install the official drivers

      • methodicalaspect
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        810 months ago

        LMDE didn’t install the DKMS modules on my kid’s PC, so the nVidia drivers never loaded after a new kernel got installed. I do enough tech support at work so we chucked Pop!_OS on the PC (and set it up with btrfs and timeshift-autosnap) instead. No more problems.

        May not be a problem with mainline Mint, of course, but there are weirdos like me who prefer the Debian edition.

          • methodicalaspect
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            210 months ago

            Far from it, Debian is one of my favorites, though I run EndeavourOS on my main machine.

            It’s Linux Mint Debian Edition that’s the oddball, but in a good way.

      • Rustmilian
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        510 months ago

        That’s untill you switch to Wayland and realize just how shotty Nvidia’s support can be.

    • janAkali
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      1710 months ago

      They’re supposed to buy an AMD card, obviously. /s

      • RickRussell_CA
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        310 months ago

        Unfortunately it has weird issues with my bog standard Intel HP Omen laptop and a 2060 GPU.

        Basically any kind of sleep mode kills the GPU. I have go into Display settings and force a re-detect to wake it. Kind of a pain when you use the laptop connected to an external monitor with the lid closed.

    • Lvxferre
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      810 months ago

      …to let the distro pick the best driver for you? That’s what I do at least.

      • @[email protected]
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        110 months ago

        Less about problems and more about performance/features in games. How much of a hassle is it to get dlss, ray tracing etc running? How’s the performance impact from not properly supported drivers.