Bulletdust

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[–] Bulletdust@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I have no beef in this argument, and I'm certainly not biased in relation to AMD/Nvidia. However, my 980Ti, my 2070S and now my 4070S have all run really well under Linux. I run KDE Neon and a quick 'sudo apt install nvidia-driver-570' installs the latest beta's in under 5 mins, if I want to roll back the driver a quick 'sudo apt install nvidia-driver-565' has me back on the latest feature branch. Yeah, Wayland adoption under Nvidia was slow, and Nvidia's earlier choices weren't what anyone could call 'ideal' - But momentum is building, and as a result I've been using Wayland for about eight months now without issue. Before that, X11 was largely faultless running Nvidia hardware/drivers.

People say Nvidia struggle in relation to VKD3D performance. I'm not too sure what they're doing, but VKD3D runs fine here.

It's the one advantage we have over Mac users: We can run AMD, Intel and Nvidia. We also have ongoing OGL support, native Vulkan support, better game support under Steam, a larger user base under Steam, and the amazing Proton implementation.

Whether it be AMD or Nvidia, I personally think it's Linux for the win. EDIT: I in no way see value for money in the new 5080/5090 cards and I eagerly await what AMD has to offer (although I won't be switching from my 4070S for quite some time yet).

[–] Bulletdust@lemmy.ml 64 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Did my part. If I have to run Windows along with a root kit to play a game, I'll stick to Linux.

TBH, the game wasn't really that great to begin with.

[–] Bulletdust@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

Between two evils, Firefox is the comparative good guy. There's not a chance in hell I'm using anything based on Chromium, I've been using FF for close to two decades now and I've experienced very few dealbreaker issues.

[–] Bulletdust@lemmy.ml 14 points 6 months ago

I've been using FF for more years than I care to remember, and with the exception of a couple of sites that weren't really that important, I've never had an issue. I certainly never had an issue running uBlock Origin and YouTube.

I flat out refuse to use anything even loosely based on Chromium on principal alone.

[–] Bulletdust@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

Has anyone been able to get Nvidia Reflex working under DX11 titles using DXVK? I can get it working under DX12 titles using VKD3D and Linux native titles, but I can't get it working under DX11 titles.

[–] Bulletdust@lemmy.ml 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Connect the Steam Deck to a compatible dock and you can quite easily use it as a desktop. At the end of the day, it's still an x64 based PC that's just handheld.

[–] Bulletdust@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago

One of the biggest problems regarding Nvidia drivers is the fact that a small minority install them using Nvidia's .run script, which overwrites important libraries, resulting in a wide range of issues. I've always installed Nvidia drivers using my distro's package manager and I've never had an issue.

[–] Bulletdust@lemmy.ml 40 points 8 months ago

Linux user here running FF, no real dealbreaker issues at my end.

[–] Bulletdust@lemmy.ml 28 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I use Mozilla every single day and have done so for about 6 years now. Personally I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything but ads if I don't a Chromium based browser.

[–] Bulletdust@lemmy.ml 24 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I've got plenty of old software here under Linux that still runs fine to this day across a number of PC's and even a Raspberry Pi that I use as a backup desktop. I honestly can't see backwards compatibility being any more of an issue than it is under Windows - There's a number of accounting packages released under Windows 7 that won't run under Windows 10, the latest version of most popular browsers won't run under Windows 7. Likewise, the latest version of MS Office 365 won't run under Windows 8.

[–] Bulletdust@lemmy.ml 2 points 9 months ago

My overview transition is seamless running X11.

 

Currently running Battle.Net version 2.21.2.14215 with Battle.Net update agent version 2.30.7.8279, and Battle.Net keeps claiming an update is available, however when I select 'Update now' Battle.Net just closes. If I stop Battle.Net from within Lutris and reopen it, after a while Battle.Net notifies me that there's still an update available. I even tried selecting 'Install another version' under Lutris, which downloaded and installed a new Battle.Net instance, and I still have Battle.Net telling me there's an update available.

Anyone else encounter this? Does anyone know of a fix?

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