Re: Linux 6.14.0-next-20250404 yadayada

On 5 Apr 2025 00:50:44 GMT, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote in
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On Fri, 4 Apr 2025 15:37:45 -0400, CrudeSausage wrote:
 

Scott's problem above is another reminder of why people who made the
mistake of buying NVIDIA hardware should continue to stay away from
Linux. I think we're all looking forward to the inevitable open driver,
but anyone looking to run Linux should be extra careful to choose one
with an AMD GPU.

 
The Fedora box is Intel with a Xeon GPU. I agree Nvidia is problematic
on Linux but if you  want to play games maybe a Switch 2 would be a good
choice.
 
Note: I don't know anything about the Switch 2 other than people
bitching that Mario Kart, whatever that is, will be $80 for it.

Linux distributions, such as Mint, support NVIDIA just fine.

I'm just going out on a limb running the bleeding edge development
kernel, which the NVIDIA drivers haven't caught up to yet.  The
latest _release_ kernel, 6.14, runs fine with the current NVIDIA drivers.

Not to mention that Linux Mint is not even running the latest
kernel release -- it is at 6.8.0-57 currently (for the lowlatency
kernel).  One uses the driver manager to select NVIDIA's drivers
for use with Linux.  (By default, it uses nouveau, which at this
point shouldn't be a problem except for high-performance applications
such as gaming in a space simulator.)

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