overview for MyNameIsRichard

Have Nvidia drivers on Linux gotten worse over later generations? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

No, but then I have quite an old graphics card. Even for my card, the open source drivers are recommended.

Microsoft's New Windows AI Feature Comes With Warnings About Malware and Data Theft in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago

I'm sure it's all buried in their licence agreement.

Linux Mobile Friendly GUI Toolkits in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Qt 6 - https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/mobiledevelopment.html

The Linux Kernel Looks To "Bite The Bullet" In Enabling Microsoft C Extensions in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 months ago

...Extend

Which distro should I use? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

True, but not things you will use day to day. With such a little machine, I would go with EndeavourOS with i3 or sway and build it up from there.

Building from source - disadvantages? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 months ago

The only disadvantage is that you have to manually update, unless you've installed it from the aur.

I just found out my fiancee wants to switch to linux, lets start a distro war, what should be her first? + other questions in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Isn't Zorin very out of date?

I just found out my fiancee wants to switch to linux, lets start a distro war, what should be her first? + other questions in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

If you're supporting it, then one you are familiar with would be my recommendation. If you're both beginners, then Mint.

Is it so hard to get Nvidia GPUs working with Linux? in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

On EndeavourOS, you just have to run nvidia-inst. Mint has the driver manager, and other distros have ways of handling it. For your card, you'll want the Nvidia Open driver if it doesn't do it automatically.

TLDR: These days it's easy.

Another zypper dup, another outdated Nvidia kernel driver in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Out of date Nvidia drivers was the main reason I moved from Tumbleweed to EndeavourOS, at the time they were a couple of generations behind and didn't even have explicit sync.

Do not update single packages on Archlinux, but in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

When installing on Arch (or a derivative) you should run sudo pacman -Syu package_name so it is always up to date.

Swapping GPU in c/linux@lemmy.ml

[–] MyNameIsRichard@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

You’ll be fine with anything AMD or Intel even on debian stable, since they’re both active in developing their linux support, where nVidia doesn’t support FOSS drivers.

Not strictly true any more. There are Nvidia open drivers, but they may not be in Debian yet. In fact, Nvidia recommend using the open drivers for cards it supports, which if I recall correctly, is Turing and newer.