I’m excited for Bazzite and other recent developments in Linux gaming, but for me it needs more time in the oven before I make the switch for good.
Either that or Microsoft will need to do something even more egregious, which seems like it will happen sooner than later
Illustrio7077
sudo pacman -Sy nvidia
Ahh the peace of mind(lessness) afterwards
Tanawat_Jukmonkol
Nowadays It’s not that installing Nvidia drivers on Linux is hard, but it’s because it doesn’t work properly. They only focus on AI / Machine learning and forgot to make suspend and other desktop / laptop consumer features working.
sp3kter
My non-technical wife managed to install Fedora and her own nvidia drivers with gpt. It took her about 30 minutes of copy/pasting back and forth
Damn dude I been feeling like that trying to download drivers on windows. I’ve been using GeForce for like 2-3 years to download my drivers and no issues but recently when I go to download them it will finish and instead of installing it just restarts the download over and over again it’s pissing me off. Guess I need to just do it manually
Oni-oji
If the installer works, you are golden. If it doesn’t work, just give up. It’s not worth the pain of manually installing it. The installer has improved vastly in the past few years. It used to be a crap shoot, but now it usually works, especially on the major distros like Ubuntu and RHEL.
guillermo_da_gente
Now install CUDA, hahahhhaahaha
TuNisiAa_UwU
I think this issue is a bit overplayed, even on Arch it’s pretty easy and even though I did have problems now that I know how it works it’s not a big deal
I agree it’s more complicated than it should be but there’s other more complicated things to Linux imo
JBsoundCHK
I just installed yesterday on Ubuntu and everything is running perfectly fine.
megaultimatepashe120
its.. literally one command in most cases, almost all distros have it documented
BONEY_LEMONS
Hahaha ill wait for your mental health to decline AFTER you get a driver that works for a week then you get bugs and pure shit performance. Their driver are getting worse with each release they come out with, they fix 3 things and break 26 others. Im still running driver 532 and its the most stable (up to date) driver for my system that doesnt break everything.
usgrant7977
Im going to give you the same advice my friend with a software engineering degree told me, when I asked for help doing this one weekend, “Its not that hard.”. So, ya know, just do it.
s78dude
`pacman -S nvidia-open nvidia-utils`
Kuragune
I still remember needing to install all dependencies manually one by one and compiling wine to play wow (poorly) 15 yrs ago lol linux gaming have improved a lot honestly
trefluss
Idk the only problem I ever had was with Secure boot enabled on Fedora, but it wasnt even gpu Drivers issue really, some of my other drivers decided to stop working.
No issues on
Mint (with secure boot)
OpenSuse (with secure boot)
Endeavouros (no secure boot)
All on laptops
darktooth69
Linux alone? pretty sure Nvidia latest drivers are beyond shit even on windows lol
hugopiugo
Lol 😂
Assa_stare
I had no problem with an RTX 4050 on Mint 22 (Ubuntu 24.04, kernel 6.8), right now installed version is 550.144.03 and the Mint update manager keeps it updated. I also run some deep learning jobs every now and again, with no issues…
Clearly someone who didn’t try Linux lately. On every distro I tried it’s so damn easy (Ubuntu, fedora, arch, ..)
concolor22
Want some Lovecraftan shit? Try Optimus drivers on a 2008 MacBook Pro.
TheMisterTango
* Open driver manager
* Select desired driver
* Apply changes
* Mint is easy
random_banana_bloke
I had a bit of a shit show when I installed a fresh distro with my 4090 when they very first came out but apart from the it’s been pretty chill. Saying that for my desktop I drive pop OS and that just works with Nvidia cards. It’s not bad on other distros just sometimes requires a bit more effort.
edmontonbane16
That’s all fun and games until they just dissappear the next time you boot and can start the whole process again
TheAtomicBoy81
Bro I once tried to install the drivers for a Wi-Fi usb thingy, found so little documentation half of which I couldn’t get passed the first step. I eventually gave up after a few hours
holomorphic0
Well mere I am on Arch , linux kernel (thats imporatnt, iykyk) and hyprland DM running nvidia drivers . My mental health is always like that 💀 thats my secret
did I mention I use Arch btw?
Broshan84
One click install for me
StomachAromatic
Just say that you don’t know what you’re doing.
JakeGrey
Is it weird that I went from an RX580 to a GTX Titan X and never actually *had* to install any drivers on Kubuntu? Didn’t notice much of a performance drop, even.
icwiener69420_new
Mint distro has this as like step #1 post image in the “welcome” wizard.
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What distro are you using? On Fedora you just install them right through Software.
Not to be that guy that tries to one up you…
but I’ve just tried to get an HP printer working via WiFi.
The evil fucker spat out 7 completely different passwords in a row and none of them worked.
Why the fuck does HP insist on a WiFi password that changes every time you try to connect a device for the first time?
Never been more frustrated than I get with bloody printers, especially HP shite.
I wish I was trying to get Nvidia drivers on Linux, that sounds so relaxing.
When you realize the majority of the Linux issues are caused by the lack of interest and support from the developers of the most used stuff…
It’s like having a raw diamond and needing to cut it, even when you don’t have the knowhow and/or necessary tools to do so.
Well that’s your fault, for using linux
**ducks* *runs**
https://preview.redd.it/ixuk4lmp0bbf1.png?width=320&format=png&auto=webp&s=29c0b5821b35d3e5e7708fa2b66e912b2b767058
Have you tried Windows?
I’m excited for Bazzite and other recent developments in Linux gaming, but for me it needs more time in the oven before I make the switch for good.
Either that or Microsoft will need to do something even more egregious, which seems like it will happen sooner than later
sudo pacman -Sy nvidia
Ahh the peace of mind(lessness) afterwards
Nowadays It’s not that installing Nvidia drivers on Linux is hard, but it’s because it doesn’t work properly. They only focus on AI / Machine learning and forgot to make suspend and other desktop / laptop consumer features working.
My non-technical wife managed to install Fedora and her own nvidia drivers with gpt. It took her about 30 minutes of copy/pasting back and forth
*smirks in AMD Linux support*
[Shameless plug for if you’re on Ubuntu](https://github.com/garylvov/dev_env/tree/main/setup_scripts/nvidia)
Damn dude I been feeling like that trying to download drivers on windows. I’ve been using GeForce for like 2-3 years to download my drivers and no issues but recently when I go to download them it will finish and instead of installing it just restarts the download over and over again it’s pissing me off. Guess I need to just do it manually
If the installer works, you are golden. If it doesn’t work, just give up. It’s not worth the pain of manually installing it. The installer has improved vastly in the past few years. It used to be a crap shoot, but now it usually works, especially on the major distros like Ubuntu and RHEL.
Now install CUDA, hahahhhaahaha
I think this issue is a bit overplayed, even on Arch it’s pretty easy and even though I did have problems now that I know how it works it’s not a big deal
I agree it’s more complicated than it should be but there’s other more complicated things to Linux imo
I just installed yesterday on Ubuntu and everything is running perfectly fine.
its.. literally one command in most cases, almost all distros have it documented
Hahaha ill wait for your mental health to decline AFTER you get a driver that works for a week then you get bugs and pure shit performance. Their driver are getting worse with each release they come out with, they fix 3 things and break 26 others. Im still running driver 532 and its the most stable (up to date) driver for my system that doesnt break everything.
Im going to give you the same advice my friend with a software engineering degree told me, when I asked for help doing this one weekend, “Its not that hard.”. So, ya know, just do it.
`pacman -S nvidia-open nvidia-utils`
I still remember needing to install all dependencies manually one by one and compiling wine to play wow (poorly) 15 yrs ago lol linux gaming have improved a lot honestly
Idk the only problem I ever had was with Secure boot enabled on Fedora, but it wasnt even gpu Drivers issue really, some of my other drivers decided to stop working.
No issues on
Mint (with secure boot)
OpenSuse (with secure boot)
Endeavouros (no secure boot)
All on laptops
Linux alone? pretty sure Nvidia latest drivers are beyond shit even on windows lol
Lol 😂
I had no problem with an RTX 4050 on Mint 22 (Ubuntu 24.04, kernel 6.8), right now installed version is 550.144.03 and the Mint update manager keeps it updated. I also run some deep learning jobs every now and again, with no issues…
But of course this is just my experience.
Have you tried installing 4g wlan drivers?
https://preview.redd.it/cr7a1he5bbbf1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=da287462a12b793c6695011c7f63ce8ffd2c4455
yeah same
which distro, this has not been an issue for years.
Skill issue.
`apt install nvidia-driver`
https://preview.redd.it/1kzzv7otdbbf1.png?width=1080&format=png&auto=webp&s=6e1a798ca23e7a2f2b7659b9e63479df1b563dbd
Clearly someone who didn’t try Linux lately. On every distro I tried it’s so damn easy (Ubuntu, fedora, arch, ..)
Want some Lovecraftan shit? Try Optimus drivers on a 2008 MacBook Pro.
* Open driver manager
* Select desired driver
* Apply changes
* Mint is easy
I had a bit of a shit show when I installed a fresh distro with my 4090 when they very first came out but apart from the it’s been pretty chill. Saying that for my desktop I drive pop OS and that just works with Nvidia cards. It’s not bad on other distros just sometimes requires a bit more effort.
That’s all fun and games until they just dissappear the next time you boot and can start the whole process again
Bro I once tried to install the drivers for a Wi-Fi usb thingy, found so little documentation half of which I couldn’t get passed the first step. I eventually gave up after a few hours
Well mere I am on Arch , linux kernel (thats imporatnt, iykyk) and hyprland DM running nvidia drivers . My mental health is always like that 💀 thats my secret
did I mention I use Arch btw?
One click install for me
Just say that you don’t know what you’re doing.
Is it weird that I went from an RX580 to a GTX Titan X and never actually *had* to install any drivers on Kubuntu? Didn’t notice much of a performance drop, even.
Mint distro has this as like step #1 post image in the “welcome” wizard.
