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Which distro for older machine (with NVIDIA GPU) (feddit.org)

submitted 2 days ago by ackthxbye@feddit.org to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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I wanted to dip my toes into linux by trying it on my previous machine, which unfortunately has an NVIDIA GTX 670 GPU.

I tried Nobara and loved the look and feel. But unfortunately the GPU isn't officially supported. I tried to install the NVIDIA driver using this guide: https://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2015/fedora-nvidia-guide/ but that resulted in a system that won't boot.

Can you recommend a distro that works out of the box or at least let's me install the proprietary driver without issue?

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Post the rest of the specs of the machine if handy, or the model if you have it.

As far as the GPU, you're in a bit of a pinch because those older GTX models aren't supported by more recent drivers. Looking at the docs, it IS supported up to the 470 release, which means any distro would be fine as long you make sure to install and pin that 470 version of the drivers if you want to game.

If you don't want to do any heavy gaming, then any distro will work with the Nouveau drivers, and should be detected automatically out of the box.

As far as the not booting....I would expect the display just not to start properly, but the machine is actually booting. Many ways you can confirm this if needed.

[–] ackthxbye@feddit.org 1 points 2 days ago

That would be an Intel i5-3570, 8 Gigs of RAM, no SSD because I cannibalized it.

I tried Factorio with Nouveau and it couldn't even give me a decent Framerate on an empty map. Not sure if the driver doesn't like that card or I did something wrong.