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Linux's Sole Wireless/WiFi Driver Maintainer Is Stepping Down (www.phoronix.com)
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[–] spooky2092@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Typically the top 3 biggest PITA common issues was GPU, WiFi and trackpad, in that order. Every. Time.

Nvidia drivers are literally the reason I keep going back to windows on my gaming rig. Any time I get a Linux install working the way I like it, within 6-10 months the graphics would shit the bed and I'd fight with it until I gave up and went back just to have a working is with minimal after work IT bullshit.

All my servers are Linux tho. I'll probably try again later in the year when 10 goes EOS

[–] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Not saying you need to do this, especially if you do 4K, but my solution was just buying AMD GPUs. I'm on a Radeon RX 6800 now (RX 580 before) and things are just so nice and easy with my dual-boot.

[–] chunkystyles@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 hours ago

If I had to give up either Linux or Nvidia, it's not even a question. It's Nvidia, and it's not even close.

I sold my 3070 and bought a 7800xt just so I could have a smoother experience, and I wasn't even having issues.