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Friendly reminder (feddit.nl)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by neidu2@feddit.nl to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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This is your annual reminder to do a snapshot (timeshift or whatever you prefer) before doing relatively minor changes to your system.

I was supposed to be in bed now, but instead I am stuck troubleshooting xorg refusing to start after an apt-get dist-upgrade.

And as far as friendly reminders go, I should've given myself an unfriendly reminder beforehand, as it's not the first time....

UPDATE: Fuck nvidia 545. All my homies hate nvidia 545. 535 4 lyf!

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[–] aard@kyu.de 36 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Friendly reminder: just don't buy nvidia

[–] CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV@lemmy.world 28 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Many already have nvidia before they start with linux. I'm still on my 1060 from 2018.

[–] mhz@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I had one before, then 2060, then 2080 and finally 6800 (current one), how is your nvidia experience right now compared to 2018? Any better?

[–] CsXGF8uzUAOh6fqV@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I started with linux begin 2019. I just use xorg so I don't know about wayland problems. I think a long time ago nvidia broke once and I switched to nvidia-dkms and it has worked fine since until recently where a mesa update broke xorg but I don't think that has to do with nvidia. Getting CUDA to work might be trouble though (I think I briefly tried once).

[–] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

Another problem is that most manufacturers of laptops directed at the Linux crowd, for some reason I will never understand, insist on punching Nvidia hardware instead of AMD/ATI. How does that help?

[–] southernwolf@pawb.social 3 points 10 months ago

Unfortunately for those of us that use Cuda features, AMD just really isn't that viable of an alternative. Anyone who's had to deal with ROCM can attest to this...

[–] driveway@lemmy.zip 3 points 10 months ago

As soon as AMD is competitive in price/performance in my region. I won't give them money just becauae they have open source drivers.

[–] PseudoSpock@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 10 months ago

All these laptops make a circle... All these laptops make a circle... ;)