• edinbruh@feddit.it
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    1 year ago

    Here are some possible reasons

    • Nvidia is more popular in general
    • Gamers (used to see Nvidia perform better)
    • CUDA (which is the de facto standard for AI/parallel computing)
    • Many people come from windows
    • Nvidia kinda works, with proprietary drivers and xorg
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      I had two PCs with an nvidia GPU at different points, and the damn proprietary drivers were the bane of my existence on both PCs. I call them novideo because almost every time I had any updates, the drivers stopped working. And it blows my mind that Linux-first companies like System76 are STILL selling laptops with those GPUs in them.

      Linux users and vendors really need to stop giving that company their money.

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        There was a bug in the nvidia driver for a whole year that broke audio over display port for me and a bunch of other people. Had to use legacy drivers cuz fuck me I guess. It was a known issue basically the entire time.

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          They need to open source the driver before I will buy any nvidia products ever again. Still blows my mind that System76 and other Linux-first hardware companies are continuing to ship PCs with nvidia GPUs.