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[Weekly thread] GNU+Linux help thread: ask anything! (programming.dev)

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[–] recursive_recursion@programming.dev 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

yup, you're more likely to have a better time with Linux if you have an AMD gpu

currrently if you get an NVIDIA gpu, you'd miss out on features like explicit sync and triple buffering, NVIDIA's getting better about supporting Linux via open source drivers, although with their current focus/obsession on AI (and decrease on the gaming market based on Jenson's recent behavior towards gamers at Computex 2024) it's hard to tell what efftect that might have for driver support

so I'd still typically recommend most to use an AMD gpu for a better time

[–] Fuzzypyro@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Yeah, I’ve been testing nouveau with NVK+zinc. Can definitely confirm that the Nvidia open source drivers are getting better and it’s happening fast. Desktop experience is nearly flawless now except quite a few games still don’t work and Nvidia specific features are disabled(cuda, rtx, dlss). AMD is def the way to go for a good experience on Linux.

I’m just hoping to see things change seeing as Nvidia hired the nouveau maintainer and he has been contributing directly to nouveau using his Nvidia provided email here as of late.