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[–] [email protected] 45 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Everyone acts like nvidia support on linux is completely broken. I game with nvidia on mine regularly and have never had a driver bug.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's not that it's broken, it's that the open source driver stack and AMD cards are a superior experience. The Nvidia Linux driver is just like the Windows driver.

[–] independantiste 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it's more that they are broken (esp. on Wayland) and that they are closed source and that they are not pre-installed in Mesa and that they lack basic features such as GAMMA_LUT for night light on Wayland...

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Meanwhile, Wayland itself is still in a state of perpetual beta and lacks basic functionality regarding a vast number of features.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It comes by default on plenty of distros and people don’t even notice the change.

In the meanwhile, nvidia doesn’t support the linux kernel itself (though it is changing slowly) that’s why it can’t support wayland.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Except people do notice the change, as a workaround many still rely on certain aspects of X via Xwayland in an attempt to keep things running. Even Steam doesn't support Wayland.

Fact is, Wayland's been in development for a good decade or more, it's still in a state of perpetual beta, and that's a situation that isn't likely to change any time soon.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You do realize that the whole of meaningful architecture we have builds on, and often gives way for legacy ones? XWayland is made by Wayland, because obviously not every software will port overnight or ever. That’s a positive thing.

It’s almost like the linux community is not controlled by a dictator like Apple, where they can just say “we are using this API from next version, if you wanna work, port”. Wayland required a critical mass before it actually started flying - but it definitely flies now.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Xwayland makes use of legacy features of X. If we were to compleately drop all aspects of X tomorrow, the Linux desktop would essentially compleately break and become unusable.

The fact is, at this point in time after 10 years or more of development, Wayland is still very much in a state of perpetual beta. At this point in time, and for the foreseeable future, Wayland involves compromises that make it unsuitable for many users.

Hopefully things improve in time, the problem is development is progressing at snails pace.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

NVIDIA user here, my experience is largely faultless and performance is great.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My wife and I play Grim Dawn and other ARPGs on a regular basis. I run Ubuntu 23.04 (Snap-less, of course); she runs Windows 10. I ALWAYS host, and that should tell you something...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A grim dawn player, how is the game? Their updates actually add things these days? I have the game but not played it too much but I was surprised they still update it

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

My wife and I have somewhere around 450 hours in it (each). It’s fantastic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I game … regularly and have never had a driver bug

Presses X to doubt…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Way to prove my point.