cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16149785

Cross-posting here for more opinions.

Gentlemen, just for context, I usually use Linux. I have been a user of Debian, Ubuntu, and Fedora for a few years.

Recently, I acquired a decent graphics card (GeForce RTX 4070) and decided to uninstall my Windows and install Linux.

I saw that Pop!_OS already has an image with everything pre-configured for Nvidia. Is this pre-configuration worth it, are the games more stable on this distribution, or is it the same as manually installing Nvidia’s proprietary drivers on Manjaro?

  • JackbyDevEnglish
    1·
    6 months ago

    Hmm… Why is this so much more difficult on Linux than Windows then? On Windows I just updated the driver through the GeForce Experience thing (which is annoying just because it requires a sign in). What am I missing?

    • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net
      2·
      6 months ago

      Windows is a single OS, with a LOOT of late stage capitalist market monopoly. It is a single OS.

      Also the drivers on Windows are not in the kernel, which I think is actually a pretty good thing for security.

      But as userspace is always different in the various Linux Distros, vendors just stopped doing that, which is a shame.