Most problems people have with Linux, I think, come from trying to be Linux power users from the start by performing very advanced techniques beyond their time and patience: dual booting multiple operating systems (so they don't have to buy Linux-dedicated hardware), using any graphics card (the latest and greatest GPUs are all closed source and developers who work on Linux do so because they despise closed source), using the least expensive hardware (which are typically closed source and buggy with anything except Windows), and emulating Windows apps so they don't have to learn new workflows or abandon their favorite games (technically, Proton with Steam allows Windows games like FFXIV to be played, but it's a neverending journey to get it working and keeping it working.

If you switch to Linux, accept that for a smooth experience you'll have to pay more than you would for a Windows machine (e.g. System76, Framework) And if you want graphics card support for your emulated Windows games on Steam, you're going to have to use the specific flavor of Linux the manufacturer supports.

That said, if you value free/libre open source software, then making the switch from Windows is totally worth it.

[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago (4 children)

Can you elaborate on the incompatibility of the newest GPUs? It looks like Nvidia publishes a Linux driver for the Blackwell series and there are a number of AI applications (like supporting Triton and pysam-based methods) which seem harder to get working on Windows than on Linux.

I'm considering switching over but I hear mixed things about Nvidia support. Some people seem to say it's a pain to get the drivers working and others seem to think that's an issue that's been resolved. Not sure what to think in terms of how difficult the switch would be.

[–] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

I'm not sure about the specific AI apps you mention, but from my personal experience the "AMD works way better than Nvidia on Linux" mindset is no longer a thing.

When I upgraded to a new gpu a few years ago, I first got an AMD gpu because of that mindset that was all over the internet (I believed them), but for the life of me I couldn't get games to run properly with it. A week later I traded it for an Nvidia card and it just works.

I do suffer from system wake from sleep issues that I think are the nvidia drivers fault, but atleast I can play games if I decide to.

[–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 hours ago

but from my personal experience the “AMD works way better than Nvidia on Linux” mindset is no longer a thing.

Oh my god it absolutely is, and until NVK becomes the standard everywhere it will most likely stay that way. That shit breaks so often on a laptop I gonna sell soon, on my families' computers and apparently also in computers from people in my local hackerspace. Some distros just managed to work around those drivers' problems really well, sometimes by including them from the start of creating their own well-working packages (like Arch's nvidia-dkms).

[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Can I ask what distro you're running? Some of the gaming-focused ones like Bazzite still seem to gather some comments about working better with AMD, though it seems like there are some workarounds. I am resolved to leave Microsoft behind completely at the W11 switch so I'm trying to get my bearings!

[–] dogs0n@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

Of course, I run EndeavourOS. My guess is that nowadays it doesn't matter if you run amd or nvidia (likely won't run into problems with either).

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