• DefederateLemmyMl
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        25 days ago

        Use Xorg with the proprietary driver instead of Wayland for the time being. Much less issues. You can always switch to Wayland later when either Nvidia support matures, or when your next computer has an AMD GPU.

        Or get a cheap ass AMD GPU, like an RX6400, plop it in as a second GPU and run on that in Linux. Perfectly serviceable for plain desktop stuff.

        Or run on integrated graphics, if you have it. Again, perfectly serviceable for plain desktop stuff.

        Problems have solutions :)

      • IEatAsbestos@lemmy.world
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        25 days ago

        I have a 4060ti, swapped over to endeavour (arch with gui (btw)) after some previous microsoft fuckery. Damn near everything worked out of the box. The only issue that i had, that i still cant fix, is getting wayland working. Xorg works perfectly fine, but wayland is just the future. Nvidia started releasing driver updates for linux that’ll make it start working easier tho.

        Ive used computers for my whole life so i know not everyone will share my experience with linux. But trouble shooting on windows was so much worse for me. Looking at depreciated forum posts, wishing i was back on windows 7, searching through weird, halfway redundant menus (how many device management menus are there???) And so on. So much of the system gets in your way because it doesnt trust you. With linux its as simple as googling your problem, some guy had the same issue 3 years ago and his fix still works. You go to the terminal and its like

        do this

        are you sure?

        sudo do this

        And then the problems gone (except for wayland, i know). Its great.

      • DefederateLemmyMl
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        24 days ago

        Yeah but you said you wanted a dual-boot machine for your next computer, with Windows only for gaming. What I meant is: why not get a head start and make your current computer that dual-boot machine?

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          24 days ago

          It’s an old desktop that doesn’t even support Windows 11 hardware requirements. I built it back in 2009, so Windows 10 will be its last Windows OS. I don’t want to dual-boot now and then have to upgrade and transfer everything in a couple of years.