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Is that all?
Coming from Windows, where you should either nuke the install or use DDU in safe mode when changing vendors, for smooth sailing to paradise.
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Yeah I figured.
I'm running a nvidia card on my main rig which runs Linux.
I'm in the thought process of acquiring an AMD Card, so my question was more of a doubt when uninstalling the nvidia drivers so nothing (dependencies etc) is left on the system. Maybe you don't have to baby Linux as windows need. I'm new here by the way ;)
Thus my reflection about Windows, where's uninstalling the drivers, don't get rid of all the junk unless you jump through hoops that I mentioned above. Otherwise you might get bit by conflicts.