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Microsoft to stop forcing Windows 11 users into Edge in EU countries (www.theverge.com)
submitted 1 year ago by brihuang95@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] gamer@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Nvidia drivers work fine, they always have (I’m using a 4090 on my fedora workstation). This is a common misconception.

Nvidia’s drivers are a problem because they are not open source. This creates headaches for developers and the community at large. But for end users, they work just fine. Nvidia doesn’t just dump untested code on the internet and call it a day, they have full time staff dedicated to building and testing linux drivers.

One recent problem is that the current latest driver is not compatible with Starfield. This is a common occurrence even on windows, and is why Nvidia and AMD regularly release “game ready” drivers before a major game launch. On Windows, Starfield crashed with the latest AMD driver for the same reason.

Since it isn’t open source, our only option is to wait for Nvidia to release a new version. If it was open source, the community could fix the issue immediately without having to wait.

[–] supercriticalcheese@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

I see thanks for the info.

Next computer I would consider to go full Linux instead of getting windows 11 dual booting

[–] KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Nvidia drivers also don't support a lot of features that other drivers do

[–] Madex@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

got a citation there bud? running a 4080 on endeavour OS and have same issue :(

[–] gamer@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you misinterpreted my comment. Starfield is currently broken, and we need to wait for a fix from Nvidia.

[–] Madex@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Ah yeah sorry, when nvidia does when / how would I update driver, would it be a normal os update like yay -Syu I'm new and don't understand it all yet

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago

One recent problem is that the current latest driver is not compatible with Starfield. This is a common occurrence even on windows, and is why Nvidia and AMD regularly release “game ready” drivers before a major game launch. On Windows, Starfield crashed with the latest AMD driver for the same reason.

DX12 and Vulkan were supposed to fix all that, but apparently not.