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I think I was on KDE and tried to change my mouse speed and couldn't find a slider to save my life. It was just one example though. I tried to install a NVIDI

I think I was on KDE and tried to change my mouse speed and couldn't find a slider to save my life. It was just one example though. I tried to install a NVIDIA driver for example on Linux Mint and it wouldn't work until I edited some file to use a different kernel module that would start earlier. Spent ages trying to debug it. On Windows the driver gets installed automatically and if I want to update it I just launch the Geforce Experience and hit one button.

WD-42 5y ago
Ah yes, Geforce Experience. You mean the bloatware Nvidia makes you create an account for just to install their drivers? On Linux I simply type pacman -S nvidia to install the drivers on my system. Reboot and it's done. There is even a GUI to install packages, since that seems like it's important for you.
- benbristow 5y ago
  You're talking about Arch Linux there though which definitely isn't for the average user, and again you're needing to use the terminal. I'm very competent at using the terminal myself and have installed Arch Linux from the base image before but it's not exactly user friendly. As I mentioned before though, Windows does install some quite recent NVIDIA drivers automatically via Windows Update. And if you don't want to use GFE, you can just go to the NVIDIA website and install the latest drivers that way.
  - WD-42 5y ago
    OK, replace a single terminal command in Linux with opening the software app, searching for Nvidia, and clicking install. This would be the user friendly process on pretty much any mainstream distribution for getting the latest drivers. Having to navigate through Nvidia's website, create an account, and download a bunch of bloatware that takes forever to install is barbaric. Calling Windows user friendly is a meme at this point.
    - anthk 5y ago
      Solus OS. Go to the driver assistant, it will show up that Nvidia propietary drivers are missing. Click on it, wait to download and install, done. Windows is a joke in comparison.
marcodiego 5y ago
> It was just one example though. One bad example. The problem with examples like this is that some people will believe and repeat them. Some problems are fixed and people don't even check before spreading the word. You can even find in this thread people talking about how Ubuntu included amazon ads. > I tried to install a NVIDIA driver for example on Linux Mint and it wouldn't work until I edited some file to use a different kernel module that would start earlier. Spent ages trying to debug it. On Windows the driver gets installed automatically and if I want to update it I just launch the Geforce Experience and hit one button. Good luck trying to use mint. But AFAIK, Ubuntu comes with NVIDIA drivers by default. There's no need to "launch the Geforce Experience and hit one button" to update it. It feels like you searching for a complicated way to do things and then complain about it.
- benbristow 5y ago
  > But AFAIK, Ubuntu comes with NVIDIA drivers by default It comes with the open-source 'Nouveau' drivers which are, in the nicest words possible, unsatisfactory. It's definitely easier to install them on Ubuntu though through the drivers GUI.
zekica 5y ago
I installed nvidia drivers just by opening "Driver Manager" and installing it. No terminal needed.

WD-42 5y ago

Ah yes, Geforce Experience. You mean the bloatware Nvidia makes you create an account for just to install their drivers? On Linux I simply type pacman -S nvidia to install the drivers on my system. Reboot and it's done. There is even a GUI to install packages, since that seems like it's important for you.

benbristow 5y ago
You're talking about Arch Linux there though which definitely isn't for the average user, and again you're needing to use the terminal. I'm very competent at using the terminal myself and have installed Arch Linux from the base image before but it's not exactly user friendly. As I mentioned before though, Windows does install some quite recent NVIDIA drivers automatically via Windows Update. And if you don't want to use GFE, you can just go to the NVIDIA website and install the latest drivers that way.
- WD-42 5y ago
  OK, replace a single terminal command in Linux with opening the software app, searching for Nvidia, and clicking install. This would be the user friendly process on pretty much any mainstream distribution for getting the latest drivers. Having to navigate through Nvidia's website, create an account, and download a bunch of bloatware that takes forever to install is barbaric. Calling Windows user friendly is a meme at this point.
  - anthk 5y ago
    Solus OS. Go to the driver assistant, it will show up that Nvidia propietary drivers are missing. Click on it, wait to download and install, done. Windows is a joke in comparison.

marcodiego 5y ago

> It was just one example though. One bad example. The problem with examples like this is that some people will believe and repeat them. Some problems are fixed and people don't even check before spreading the word. You can even find in this thread people talking about how Ubuntu included amazon ads. > I tried to install a NVIDIA driver for example on Linux Mint and it wouldn't work until I edited some file to use a different kernel module that would start earlier. Spent ages trying to debug it. On Windows the driver gets installed automatically and if I want to update it I just launch the Geforce Experience and hit one button. Good luck trying to use mint. But AFAIK, Ubuntu comes with NVIDIA drivers by default. There's no need to "launch the Geforce Experience and hit one button" to update it. It feels like you searching for a complicated way to do things and then complain about it.

benbristow 5y ago
> But AFAIK, Ubuntu comes with NVIDIA drivers by default It comes with the open-source 'Nouveau' drivers which are, in the nicest words possible, unsatisfactory. It's definitely easier to install them on Ubuntu though through the drivers GUI.

zekica 5y ago

I installed nvidia drivers just by opening "Driver Manager" and installing it. No terminal needed.