Thread 105965729

Pick me a Linux distro that meets these conditions:
>have NVIDIA graphics card
>don't want to go through hoops to make my GPU work
>I don't want to set up repositories to make my GPU work
>I just want to click on something that installs the proprietary drivers for me in one click, without any further input from me
>Or better yet, an OS that already comes with the proprietary drivers
>Absolutely NO immutable/atomic shit either
Well, /g/?

Manjaro doesn't come with the proprietary drivers but you can install them with a GUI
https://youtu.be/NJtmuBytHkU?t=61
tl;dw
>Go to Manjaro Settings Manager
>click Hardware Configuration
>right click "video-nvidia" and click "Install"
>done

>>105965729 (OP)
gentoo

>>105965729 (OP)
CachyOS

Nobara. You're referring to Nobara.

>>105965753
It actually downloads an old version of Nvidia driver on the MS Server, latest one is only on the NVIDIA website

Ubuntu.

>>105965729 (OP)
Arch using archinstall, it will handle all of that shits for you

>>105965729 (OP)

>>105965747
>>105965752
Any of these
I'd go for CachyOS though

>have NVIDIA graphics card
Arch Linux

>people unironically recomming Arch or some memeOS instead of just Ubuntu
This is why Linux on the desktop will never be successful.

>>105965729 (OP)
>have NVIDIA graphics card
Arch
>don't want to go through hoops to make my GPU work
Arch. if you install it with Archinstall you just have to select the proprietary drivers during the install
>I don't want to set up repositories to make my GPU work
Arch
>I just want to click on something that installs the proprietary drivers for me in one click, without any further input from me
Arch
>Or better yet, an OS that already comes with the proprietary drivers
Arch
>Absolutely NO immutable/atomic shit either
Arch

>>105965741
>Manjaro doesn't come with the proprietary drivers
Yes it does.
During the install it asks if you want proprietary or open source drivers.

>>105965960
Oh neat. I wouldn't have known as I didn't have an NVIDIA GPU at the time of my install.

>>105965753
>>105965773
I dual boot Manjaro and Windows.
Installing and maintaining Nvidia drivers is a lot more work on Windows, it's a breeze on Manjaro because it's just a normal package that gets updated with everything else.
On Windows you have to either manually download new drivers from the website or install crapware full of ads to and STILL manually press buttons to get the latest driver.

>>105965729 (OP)
cachy / nobara then but
>>105965729 (OP)
>>>I don't want to set up repositories to make my GPU work
>>I just want to click on something that installs the proprietary drivers for me in one click, without any further input from me
this is retarded , its 1 line to add a repository and 1 line to get the drivers. sure it SHOULD be part of the installation process and in many distros isnt but picking a distro based on 15 minutes of setup you need to do one time is retarded.

>>105966072
>picking a distro based on 15 minutes of setup you need to do one time is retarded
That is the 99% of the reason to pick a distro, because all Linuxes sans Gentoo are essentially the same.

>>105965729 (OP)
Just use Arch like a normal person. It just werks.

t. Nvidia GPU haver

>>105966094
>99% of the reason to pick a distro is whether or not it comes with Nvidia drivers preinstalled
The absolute state of this board, fucking hell

>>105966119
Dude, all Linuxes give you 99% the same experience. The initial setup is the only real difference between distros.

>>105966129
right, so there's no difference between having different release cycles, different software package formats, different package managers, different repos with different software availability, stability vs bleeding edge packages, vendor support, none of that matters to you... but whether or not you have to click in a menu or copypaste a couple of lines into a terminal to install Nvidia, now that's what really makes all the difference in the world to you?

>>105965729 (OP)
Arch with archinstall. The process is identical to Windows installation.

CachyOS if you want to keep your sanity

>>105966219
>different release cycles
Everything apart from the Debian sphere will give you up to date software
>different software package formats/package managers
Nobody feels the difference between apt, dnf, and pacman when they use their applications
>different repos with different software availability
See Debian comment
>stability vs bleeding edge
See Debian comment. You can also switch to the testing branch at any time
>vendor support
It's all the Linux kernel, dude

>>105965910
>>105965912
duality of man

>>105966094
not really theres bigger differences between fedora and arch chan installation of nvidia drivers

>>105966359
yeah, you're a fucking retard buddy. have fun believing your retard fantasy and spreading it to other retards, which i'm sure you will.

>>105966565
What is the difference between using Firefox on Manjaro vs Nobara?

>>105966576
>a specific piece of software exhibiting consistent behaviour in two different operating systems means there's no difference between the two operating systems
kill yourself nigger shit

>>105966694
You still haven't presented a specific use case for X OS over Y OS, or even Z OS.

>>105966706
you still haven't killed yourself like i asked you, nigger shit.

>>105966729
So what's the difference between Manjaro and Nobara for me?

>>105965729 (OP)
PopOS.

>>105965729 (OP)
>Absolutely NO immutable/atomic shit either
why NO?

>>105965729 (OP)
mint is all u need

>>105965729 (OP)
Pop OS, Nobara, Garuda are some distros that have ISOs with the Nvidia driver already included.
And adding repositories in many other distros takes minute at most and you do it once, just copy things into the terminal

>>105965729 (OP)
OP, I recently sold my 3060 12gb and got a rx 6600 instead. It's a night and day difference. Just get AMD card, there are so many small inconveniences that you no longer have to deal with. For example, I couldn't get a game to run no matter what, switched to rx 6600 and it suddenly worked out of the box. Fuck Nvidia

Do not torture yourself by using Nvidia on Linux. It works for some, but for me switching was the right choice 100%. However, if you're adamant on torturing yourself, go with PikaOS.

>>105965729 (OP)
>don't want to go through hoops to make my GPU work
>I don't want to set up repositories to make my GPU work
>I just want to click on something that installs the proprietary drivers for me in one click, without any further input from me
>Or better yet, an OS that already comes with the proprietary drivers
If the off chance you aren't trolling, this is fulfilled by nearly every major distro.

>>105965729 (OP)
>have NVIDIA graphics card
Every time

>>105965729 (OP)
>have NVIDIA graphics card
any non super stallman IT MUST BE FREE distro, you don't wanna use NVIDIA's installers
>don't want to go through hoops to make my GPU work
Any distro with good documentation. Getting GPUs to work well should be easy.

For retards: Linux Mint. Ubuntu.
For non-retards: Gentoo. Arch Linux. Debian.

>>105965910
Somebody still uses Ubuntu in 2025?

>>105967171
It's great

>>105965729 (OP)
maybe nobara, but none of the distros will work perfectly with every kind of nvidia card perfectly out of the box. a lot of the user guide you see are gaming related, but what works best for gaming doesn't work best for multimedia work. i used to say fedora, but now nouveau isn't that great with legacy cards. the black pill is if you really want performance you should go arch and read the docs

>>105965729 (OP)
Ubuntu/Kubuntu
Simple as

>>105965729 (OP)
To be fair, if you can't even copy paste a terminal command once after installing. I'm not sure you should be using Linux to begin with.

>>105967260
>but what works best for gaming doesn't work best for multimedia work
Examples?

>>105966749
You clearly aren't a real linux user.

AFAIK 1% of linux users actally have a usecase for a specific distro. Then there's the 99% that are muh distro le hackerman shits that would be on macOS if they weren't poor and brown. And 100% of linux users on /g/ are pedophiles or trannys or both. Thats what Ive learned about linux from this board.

>>105967540
>You clearly aren't a real linux user.
What's a "real" Linux user?

>>105965729 (OP)
Ultramarine Linux

>>105965729 (OP)
>have NVIDIA graphics card
Windows 11

>>105967445
This statement pulls me in two ways.
One yes - I think of you're a complete retard, using a computer will always be tough
Two - most of the world is retarded, so if Linux marketshare (at the cost of Windows going down) is to happen, Linux needs to have some retard proof options

I think arguably it does. Ubuntu is unironically good enough and enabling proporietary shit is easy through the gui

>>105967478
Try running Resolve Studio or benchmark render times in Blender and get back to me

>>105965729 (OP)
Knowing which NVIDIA card you have would help a lot. I'm on Xubuntu with a 5 year old card and it works perfectly.

>>105965729 (OP)
Ubuntu has gnome software by default, where you can install various nvidia drivers with a click.

>>105968577
>Resolve Studio
Does it just not work on Nobara?

>>105965729 (OP)
It's Arch with archinstall, like others said. You need to put some effort though. Forget about all the others, they're easy at first, but you'll pay for it later.

>>105967582
It's a fat man pretending to be a woman, with programmer socks.

>>105965729 (OP)
Windows with WSL.

>>105967540
No serious Linux user thinks macOS is superior. It's locked down trash for business suits.

>>105965729 (OP)
They all do. NVIDIA drivers not working isn't a thing anymore.

>>105965729 (OP)
I don't understand what all your fucking idiot's issue is. After running my LLMs on Windows for a time I was fed with it taking ages to boot so I installed Arch on a spare cheap 128GB SSD to put my LLM on that (the actual models on the Windows drive).
Installing the GPU drivers was a no-brainer. I was ready to face struggles but it worked literally out of the box.

>>105965729 (OP)
it's irrelevant if NVIDIA drivers are easy to install, that's not the problem, the problem is that they're buggy garbage

>>105966837

Mint is the correct answer. The image anon posted here is the driver install tool that comes from Ubuntu (Mint is just Ubuntu minus a bunch of nonsense, plus a better desktop). It's a matter of 30 seconds to get the drivers installed.

Take the Mintpill anon. There's a reason it comes up 10000 times a day here.

>>105967056
hahahaha
are you the same guy that i've told this some days ago?
if yes, i'm glad i've helped a fellow linux user

>>105969274
>>105967056
this is what i've told you :)))))))))))

I have 2 machines with Nvidia and they work fine. I also have 2 machines with AMD and they also work fine. not really seeing a "night and day" difference or any difference at all other than performance since the AMD machines only have iGPUs

>>105969090
Only if cinnamon was able to handle multi-monitor setups and full screen videos

>>105965729 (OP)
Ubuntu

>>105965729 (OP)
if you want a just werks experience, buy an amd graphics card

>>105969373

It absolutely does. I run a regular monitor via displayport and my TV on the other side of the room with HDMI out of the same card. Works just fine.

>>105969395
>>105969373
i use cinnamon on arch with the standard kernel and grub
i9 9900k, RX6600
it works fine

>>105969395
>>105969435
>Open one browser on each screen.
>Play a non-fullscreen video on screen 1
>Drag and hit the browser on screen 2 to the top of the screen, so it maximizes the window
>Click the fullscreen button on the video on screen 1
>?????
>Video pops to screen 2

And it's been like that for 2+ years

plebbit [.] com/r/linuxmint/comments/16645la/video_moves_to_other_monitor_when_switching_to/

>>105965729 (OP)
>>I don't want to set up repositories to make my GPU work
>NoVidya
Better start learning terminal, buddy.

>>105969502
Retarded. Maybe on your meme distro. Any real distro just has a real utility to do it for you. It's been that way for a decade.

>>105965729 (OP)
CachyOS, (K)ubuntu, or Mint
dont install plain Arch as a first attempt at a linux desktop you'll get filtered, then archfags will blame you for not wanting to spend a week tinkering to get a basically functional OS, and then you will be scared of linux for another 10 years. it's ok to install a distro that already handled the basic stuff for you

>>105969481
time to use a better DE then, I tried on xfce and it works as intended

>>105969481
oh, yeah, i know about that, it's true
but it's not a big deal for me, you just have unmaximize the browser and snap it again to the top of the screen to not do that weird shit behavior again

but it's far from not working
for me the more annoying is the file manager, it works so weirdly when you want to save something

i will switch to xfce or bspwm in the future anyway

>>105969596
>>105969481
>>105969435
>>105969373

i have to mention these also

when you want to save something or upload something from other program, like a browser or signal messenger
it just won't memorise your last location where you saved that file to on signal

or it won't remember how you sort things, by type and name, and you will have files and directories one on top of eachother, but will remember the file location, this is in brave / librewolf browsers

how the file manager works in this context, is the most annoying thing for me

also, cinnamon is so weird that some things work on my thinkpad X220 properly, but not on my desktop. Like there was a spice RAM memory indicator. That thing would only work on my X220. Or, if I restart cinnamon, I would get a black screen on my desktop and I have to restart it again.
Yeah, I don't really recommend it.
Both, the X220 and my i9 9900k + RX6600 desktop have Arch with Cinnamon on them.

ADI I LOVE YOU

>>105965729 (OP)
>have NVI--
Stopped reading there.
Fuck off back to windows, plebby.

>>105969952
Kill yourself

no usecase for nvidia +leenux

>>105969481
Oh no, a minor inconvenient bug. I guess the only alternative is to surrender my anus to Microsoft to be monitored incessantly.

>>105970380
>minor bug
>didnt bother to fix it for years

Meanwhile fedora just works. It's cutting edge and offers modern nvidia drivers.
Meanwhile mint is still stuck at driver 550

>>105970637
I apologize anon. I thought you were a wincuck. Disagreements between distrochads is allowable.

Kubuntu.

>>105965729 (OP)
Mint.
You are just describing MInt.
Come home white man.