this post was submitted on 14 Aug 2025
1298 points (94.7% liked)
Privacy
49221 readers
487 users here now
A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.
Some Rules
- Posting a link to a website containing tracking isn't great, if contents of the website are behind a paywall maybe copy them into the post
- Don't promote proprietary software
- Try to keep things on topic
- If you have a question, please try searching for previous discussions, maybe it has already been answered
- Reposts are fine, but should have at least a couple of weeks in between so that the post can reach a new audience
- Be nice :)
Related communities
much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)
founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
This is why you Linux, point blank.
Nvidia is still closed source, even on Linux...
Use the nouveau drivers of course
They did release Open Kernel drivers, which I hadn't tested. Those are the "open-source" drivers. Sure, their firmware could be proprietary (though I didn't see any issues with it).
Linux beginners and Nvidia cards aren't really a good mix in all fairness
That's because people don't really learn which operating systems work well for NVIDIA drivers. I'd recommend Mint, Pop_OS!, Nobara Project and CachyOS based upon their experience with computers. Those all work well with NVIDIA.
Very good point, always forget Nobara exists but it seems like the best "out of the box" solution if you really don't want to do it yourself. That being said, to learn anything you need to understand how it works and it's endlessly frustrating to me that Linux is the one where people just throw their hands up and give up instantly if anything goes wrong and they can't fix it in the same way they did in a completely different platform.
~~On Linux you have no official GUI companion app for your graphics card from NVIDIA AFAIK.~~
nvidia-settings is official
On X11 you do (I think some distros ship it). Otherwise, that's not necessarily the case on Wayland.
You are right. I forgot, that there actually is a GUI panel for NVIDIA. It's pretty simplistic, but still that makes my previous claim false.
nvidia drivers in linux can be a monumental mess
That certainly was the case for a long time. I've haven't had any issues for 5+ years. Devs made it a priority.
Just don't use a monitor that's DRM'd for Windows only. I made that mistake with an FI27Q-SA (AORUS monitor) once, and that was a $600 US waste.
Does the Linux build of GeForce experience not do this, because if it does then it's still a problem
We don't have geforce experience on Linux (afaik). Ubuntu has a built in "proprietary drivers" app that just pulls the Nvidia drivers for you on first boot after install. Very low effort (on the happy path at least. If you use unsupported/brand new cards, you're probably going to have a much less fun time)