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Yeah, just stop your X server and run this opaque binary, answer these questions about kernel modules, restart X, and hope your display config isn't completely

by tomc1985 9y ago

Yeah, just stop your X server and run this opaque binary, answer these questions about kernel modules, restart X, and hope your display config isn't completely messed up... super easy! //slightly salty

ahartmetz 9y ago
Unless you buy Intel or AMD.
- tomc1985 9y ago
  Up until very recently I was on Catalyst drivers on Mint 18 and it was just as bad. Thank God the open source drivers work decent now. And Intel? HA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA One word: gma500 ... welcome to hell!
  - ahartmetz 9y ago
    Yes, I'm talking about the state of software now and hardware up to about five years old. gma500 is from about 2008, apparently.
    - izacus 9y ago
      Except that Intel still doesn't make a graphics chip worth anything when it comes to running 3D games like Fortnight. And AMD opensource drivers are far from having nVidia-like feature and capabilitiy parity with their Windwos counterparts. Sadly.
      - ahartmetz 9y ago
        What is missing from AMD's drivers? They are great now IME, I'm using them to play games. (Note I have older GCN hardware - there seem to be more bugs with more recent hardware where they are still making bigger changes)
        dragontamer 9y ago
        > What is missing from AMD's drivers? OpenGL performance. NVidia tends to be far more performant than AMD on OpenGL games. AMD has put more work into Vulkan, but a lot of games on Linux are still on OpenGL. See the CEMU community for details: https://www.reddit.com/r/cemu/comments/7nehtz/cemu_1113_amd_cpugpu_users_talk_to_me/ https://www.reddit.com/r/cemu/comments/7nehtz/cemu_1113_amd_...
    - tomc1985 9y ago
      For a while my employer was buying motherboards with a graphics chip that requires gma500 drivers. Forget which but it was an Atom platform of somewhat recent vintage. gma500 ain't dead yet, sadly
chupasaurus 9y ago
Debian does a good job of repackaging nvidia blob to itself's non-free repo to achieve painless install process.
- tomc1985 9y ago
  Cool, this is good to know! Should be easy to get it hooked up in Mint.
  - chupasaurus 9y ago
    Note: helper packages (i.e. installer cleanup and kernel mod builder) are in both contrib and main repos, so I highly recommend setting up APT-preferences.

ahartmetz 9y ago

Unless you buy Intel or AMD.

tomc1985 9y ago
Up until very recently I was on Catalyst drivers on Mint 18 and it was just as bad. Thank God the open source drivers work decent now. And Intel? HA! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA One word: gma500 ... welcome to hell!
- ahartmetz 9y ago
  Yes, I'm talking about the state of software now and hardware up to about five years old. gma500 is from about 2008, apparently.
  - izacus 9y ago
    Except that Intel still doesn't make a graphics chip worth anything when it comes to running 3D games like Fortnight. And AMD opensource drivers are far from having nVidia-like feature and capabilitiy parity with their Windwos counterparts. Sadly.
    - ahartmetz 9y ago
      What is missing from AMD's drivers? They are great now IME, I'm using them to play games. (Note I have older GCN hardware - there seem to be more bugs with more recent hardware where they are still making bigger changes)
      - dragontamer 9y ago
        > What is missing from AMD's drivers? OpenGL performance. NVidia tends to be far more performant than AMD on OpenGL games. AMD has put more work into Vulkan, but a lot of games on Linux are still on OpenGL. See the CEMU community for details: https://www.reddit.com/r/cemu/comments/7nehtz/cemu_1113_amd_cpugpu_users_talk_to_me/ https://www.reddit.com/r/cemu/comments/7nehtz/cemu_1113_amd_...
  - tomc1985 9y ago
    For a while my employer was buying motherboards with a graphics chip that requires gma500 drivers. Forget which but it was an Atom platform of somewhat recent vintage. gma500 ain't dead yet, sadly

chupasaurus 9y ago

Debian does a good job of repackaging nvidia blob to itself's non-free repo to achieve painless install process.

tomc1985 9y ago
Cool, this is good to know! Should be easy to get it hooked up in Mint.
- chupasaurus 9y ago
  Note: helper packages (i.e. installer cleanup and kernel mod builder) are in both contrib and main repos, so I highly recommend setting up APT-preferences.