NVIDIA 555.42.02 Linux Beta Brings Wayland Explicit Sync, GSP Firmware Used By Default
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      • dinckel@lemmy.world
        13·
        2 years ago

        Not outside of what was expected. Worth noting that i am using Kwin on Wayland, so out of order frames, and flickering of CEF and Electron on XWayland apps was an issue. I’m not sure about the latter, but the former will be gone once Plasma 6.1 releases in about 3 weeks. Or if you’re using a different compositor, it could be gone already

        • visor841@lemmy.world
          6·
          2 years ago

          I’m not sure about the latter

          I believe it was Xwayland 24.1 that recently released that brought explicit sync support, so you’ll need that.

        • Yerbouti@lemmy.ml
          152·
          2 years ago

          They’re definitely not perfect but in my one year experience on Linux+2080ti, it’s totally usable. The Linux community seems to enjoy those overblown drama, at this point the Nvidia thing is basically a meme, pretty funny to watch.

          • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
            35·
            2 years ago

            Meanwhile my experience with my 1080 Ti was so awful I found it preferable to downgrade to an RX 480 for a couple of years.

            You shouldn’t dismiss other people’s experiences just because yours has been different.

            I believe that your experience has been alright, but Nvidia has definitely had big issues with Linux. It’s not drama, it’s valid criticism of a company openly hostile to FOSS.

            • Yerbouti@lemmy.ml
              62·
              2 years ago

              The first sentence says it’s “definitely not perfect” and “in MY experience”. So relax, nobody is dismissing your bad experience.

              • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                2 years ago

                I’m relaxed. I just disagree with your take that Nvidia drivers causing issues in Linux just being a meme and accusing people of made up drama.

                The Nvidia driver experience hasn’t been “not perfect”, it’s been far from perfect.

                • Yerbouti@lemmy.ml
                  1·
                  2 years ago

                  You ok? Still thinking about this? Lol, I actually think Nvdia sucks big time! I get my GPUs for free that’s why I use Nvidia. I wouldn’t give them money, unlike you. Stop crying and get an AMD maybe?

        • kelvie@lemmy.ca
          3·
          2 years ago

          By some definition. They have always been usable to some degree because I think animators or something use Linux commercially on Nvidia, and for gpgpu they are still top class on linux (nothing comes close)

          They haven’t always been the best for gaming or desktop (Wayland) use though, since Intel and AMD opened up their drivers.

          Arguably in my experience Nvidia has been far less buggy for the last 30+ years on x11, and with this change they may have finally reached parity on Wayland, haven’t tried it myself.

        • winterayars@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          2 years ago

          They used to be good, almost as good as the Windows drivers. Lately, though, they’ve been kinda trash and the AMD open driver is pretty alright now. (Performance isn’t as good but other than that it’s good.)

        • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          2 years ago

          They’ve mostly worked as advertised. One problem they’ve had was switching from external to embedded GPUs on laptops. I think that’s fixed now.

          My desktops have all had nVidia cards for more than 20 years with no real issues. It’s a meme really.

    • Bulletdust@lemmy.ml
      7·
      2 years ago

      RTX has worked under Linux both natively and via and Wine/Proton/DXVK/VKD3D for quite some time now.