• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    9 months ago

    Yeah but X11 is unsuitable for modern computing.

    The same folks who are always shitting on Nvidia seem to all own AMD hardware

    Many do… because they know Nvidia is plagued with issues. Why would they buy hardware they’ve had/will have issues with?

    I had to get rid of my 1080 Ti because of how unusably bad the Linux drivers were. AMD has ran great, out of the box, on X11 and Wayland. Wayland has been great, used it for years with no issues outside of with Nvidia hardware.

    Maybe when Nvidia gets their shit together and have drivers that work properly ill give them another go.

    • michaelmrose@lemmy.world
      1·
      9 months ago

      I have a 1080. The drivers are great under X. I’ve been using nvidia hardware since 2003. Driver support has always been pretty good.

      • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        But their driver support isn’t good, as is widely reported.

        Even by the guy who literally created the kernel.

        • michaelmrose@lemmy.world
          1·
          9 months ago

          Linus didn’t say they didn’t work he doesn’t like their failure to play nice with others. You can’t use that cop out.

          • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            9 months ago

            Maintaining good Linux drivers for something like a graphics card very much requires work with others.

            It’s a big reason for why Nvidia’s drivers are pretty crappy.

            Calling it a cop out sounds like major cope. Nvidia drivers on Linux are crappy. There’s a reason everybody complains about them.

            • michaelmrose@lemmy.world
              11·
              9 months ago

              Nvidia’s drivers for X have always been very good. Their drivers for wayland will be good before Wayland is

              • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldEnglish
                11·
                9 months ago

                Wayland has been good for years.

                Nvidia needs to fix their trash drivers, they’re complete dog shit.

                • michaelmrose@lemmy.world
                  1·
                  9 months ago

                  It’s now getting to the port where its sort of fully functional. In several more years maybe we’ll be to the point where users don’t need to learn about the plumbing like X was 14 years ago.