this post was submitted on 29 Jul 2023
144 points (99.3% liked)

linuxmemes

21189 readers
554 users here now

Hint: :q!


Sister communities:


Community rules (click to expand)

1. Follow the site-wide rules

2. Be civil
  • Understand the difference between a joke and an insult.
  • Do not harrass or attack members of the community for any reason.
  • Leave remarks of "peasantry" to the PCMR community. If you dislike an OS/service/application, attack the thing you dislike, not the individuals who use it. Some people may not have a choice.
  • Bigotry will not be tolerated.
  • These rules are somewhat loosened when the subject is a public figure. Still, do not attack their person or incite harrassment.
  • 3. Post Linux-related content
  • Including Unix and BSD.
  • Non-Linux content is acceptable as long as it makes a reference to Linux. For example, the poorly made mockery of sudo in Windows.
  • No porn. Even if you watch it on a Linux machine.
  • 4. No recent reposts
  • Everybody uses Arch btw, can't quit Vim, and wants to interject for a moment. You can stop now.

  • Please report posts and comments that break these rules!

    founded 1 year ago
    MODERATORS
     
    you are viewing a single comment's thread
    view the rest of the comments
    [–] edinbruh@feddit.it 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

    Here are some possible reasons

    • Nvidia is more popular in general
    • Gamers (used to see Nvidia perform better)
    • CUDA (which is the de facto standard for AI/parallel computing)
    • Many people come from windows
    • Nvidia kinda works, with proprietary drivers and xorg
    [–] danielton@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    I had two PCs with an nvidia GPU at different points, and the damn proprietary drivers were the bane of my existence on both PCs. I call them novideo because almost every time I had any updates, the drivers stopped working. And it blows my mind that Linux-first companies like System76 are STILL selling laptops with those GPUs in them.

    Linux users and vendors really need to stop giving that company their money.

    [–] prim3r@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    There was a bug in the nvidia driver for a whole year that broke audio over display port for me and a bunch of other people. Had to use legacy drivers cuz fuck me I guess. It was a known issue basically the entire time.

    [–] danielton@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

    They need to open source the driver before I will buy any nvidia products ever again. Still blows my mind that System76 and other Linux-first hardware companies are continuing to ship PCs with nvidia GPUs.