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[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago (2 children)

I though Nvidia was getting better

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 months ago

It definitely is, but "better" does not mean "good" unfortunately.

Hopefully Nvidia will push harder for decent drivers now that corporate Linux servers are in route to disabling X11, but as you can still get X11 back with just a simple package, I expect this process to take years.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

It’s horrible. My laptop with hybrid graphics works ok except for a brief flicker every time it wakes from sleep. It’s not a big deal. My desktop with dedicated nvidia is a hot mess - constant flickering. Steam is borderline non-functional and there are all kinds of graphical glitches on the desktop. I’m stuck with X11 on that machine.