I’m planning on changing to Linux eventually, but my PC has a 4060ti. I have heard that Nvidia drivers are a pain to install, and I don’t have the means to change to a non-Nvidia GPU. Am I in trouble?

  • Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 day ago

    It used to be a pain. Multiple versions that didn’t all work. Today it’s pretty painless. A lot of installers will actually do it for you now.

    In arch (at least the last time I did it), it was just a matter of picking the right package and installing it with pacman

    EndeavorOS’s installer will do it for you

    I use Fedora these days. It didn’t do it automatically the last time I loaded from scratch (not an upgrade), but the rpm fusion team/repository made it simple. I just followed the crystal clear instructions on their website.

    I think mint does it automatically with the installer…

    Honestly I really don’t even think about nvidia drivers anymore.

    • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca
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      23 hours ago

      The first trick is knowing that there’s a right package. The second trick is knowing what the right package is.