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Unfortunately all Linux distributions seem to have issues for me. I just want to install something and have it work. Ubuntu doesn't like my 4tb drives and the

Unfortunately all Linux distributions seem to have issues for me. I just want to install something and have it work. Ubuntu doesn't like my 4tb drives and the Nvidia driver support is horrible for fedora. Less people using Linux makes it more and more difficult to find helpful tutorials and guides. Kind of sad.

jraph 3y ago
> Ubuntu doesn't like my 4tb drives In which ways?
voxadam 3y ago
> Ubuntu doesn't like my 4tb drives Are you still running a 32-bit kernel in 2024? > Nvidia driver support is horrible for fedora If RPM Fusion isn't up to your standards your problem is with Nvidia, not Fedora, the Linux kernel, or Linux in general.
- toasted-subs 3y ago
  Definitely not pointing fingers (I'd take the stance of Linus in giving nVidia the middle finger). Just from the point of a consumer trying to get work done on my machine and deliver things in a reasonable time frame. I expect to be able to flash a USB, plug it into my computer and have things work. The default settings for installing Ubuntu do not let you use 4tb drives without custom partitions, not ideal. And RPM Fusion straight up doesn't work with fedora, have to boot into a cli and spend a few days trying to get the closed source drivers to work with no success.
  - doubled112 3y ago
    https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/NVIDIA?highlight=%28%5CbCategoryHowto%5Cb%29#Current_GeForce.2FQuadro.2FTesla https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/NVIDIA?highlight=%28%5CbCategory... I've generally had success with the RPM Fusion instructions when installing Nvidia drivers. One part that is strange is that the kmod gets built in the background, and you don't really know if it is still building except by watching the process/logs. If you reboot immediately after install, sometimes you'll break it. Not a great experience by any means.
  - lexicality 3y ago
    I just installed ubuntu on a computer with 1 2TB NVME drive and 2 4TB SSDs in it and had absolutely 0 problems. One ext4 partition for each of the 4TB SSDs.
edward28 3y ago
Did you format the drives as mbr and not gpt?

jraph 3y ago

> Ubuntu doesn't like my 4tb drives In which ways?

voxadam 3y ago

> Ubuntu doesn't like my 4tb drives Are you still running a 32-bit kernel in 2024? > Nvidia driver support is horrible for fedora If RPM Fusion isn't up to your standards your problem is with Nvidia, not Fedora, the Linux kernel, or Linux in general.

toasted-subs 3y ago
Definitely not pointing fingers (I'd take the stance of Linus in giving nVidia the middle finger). Just from the point of a consumer trying to get work done on my machine and deliver things in a reasonable time frame. I expect to be able to flash a USB, plug it into my computer and have things work. The default settings for installing Ubuntu do not let you use 4tb drives without custom partitions, not ideal. And RPM Fusion straight up doesn't work with fedora, have to boot into a cli and spend a few days trying to get the closed source drivers to work with no success.
- doubled112 3y ago
  https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/NVIDIA?highlight=%28%5CbCategoryHowto%5Cb%29#Current_GeForce.2FQuadro.2FTesla https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/NVIDIA?highlight=%28%5CbCategory... I've generally had success with the RPM Fusion instructions when installing Nvidia drivers. One part that is strange is that the kmod gets built in the background, and you don't really know if it is still building except by watching the process/logs. If you reboot immediately after install, sometimes you'll break it. Not a great experience by any means.
- lexicality 3y ago
  I just installed ubuntu on a computer with 1 2TB NVME drive and 2 4TB SSDs in it and had absolutely 0 problems. One ext4 partition for each of the 4TB SSDs.

edward28 3y ago

Did you format the drives as mbr and not gpt?