Can’t run Windows 11? Don’t want to? There are surprisingly legal options

  • JustinA
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    7 hours ago

    Ok fair, last time I used windows you had to install gpu drivers manually. I think you still are recommended to do so, since the windows ones are really old.

    But yeah manual driver installation/specialized distros for Nvidia is a problem that’s in the process of getting fixed with NVK, Nova, and the official drivers. Intel and AMD are there already.

    I would rather have one extra manual step like that than dealing with/paying for Windows 11

    • djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      7 hours ago

      If it was just one extra manual step, it’d be fine. In my experience working with Nvidia drivers on Mint and later Ubuntu, it’s more like 15 extra steps and some things still don’t work. Sure, it’s better than dealing with Windows 11, but from my experience it has not felt like less hassle than getting games running on Windows 10. Maybe that’s just an Nvidia issue, and I certainly would love to upgrade to an AMD system for better Vulkan support, but that’s not happening anytime soon.