I will remind you : Nvidia is not easy on Linux. And so far as my research it never has.
So far for me, NVidia has been easier on Pop OS than on Windows. The proprietary NVidia driver comes pre-installed on Pop OS downloads (the ones intended for NVidia).
If we compare from bare metal:
Windows: download the OS, prepare the media, install the OS, look for the correct driver, download it, install it, make sure to avoid the unnecessary junk that comes with the driver.
Pop OS: download the OS, prepare the media, install the OS.
Edit: It’s early days still though. Only installed it this week.
kde plasma, changing the explicit driver is not such an easy task. And have to manually mess around with nouveau
Or have a card that needs the bios set before defaulting nvidia for plasma.
stuff you never ever have to think about on windows.
Linux is not something that works out of the box for every need.
Not a stab on Linux but this is more of a stab at the fanbois really gotta back down from gatekeeping as this is what I find the cringiest about Linux user base. Which I’m part of now so I see it as my duty to call this shit out and tell them to knock it off. It is full on obnoxious.
So far for me, NVidia has been easier on Pop OS than on Windows. The proprietary NVidia driver comes pre-installed on Pop OS downloads (the ones intended for NVidia).
If we compare from bare metal:
Windows: download the OS, prepare the media, install the OS, look for the correct driver, download it, install it, make sure to avoid the unnecessary junk that comes with the driver.
Pop OS: download the OS, prepare the media, install the OS.
Edit: It’s early days still though. Only installed it this week.
kde plasma, changing the explicit driver is not such an easy task. And have to manually mess around with nouveau
Or have a card that needs the bios set before defaulting nvidia for plasma.
stuff you never ever have to think about on windows.
Linux is not something that works out of the box for every need.
Not a stab on Linux but this is more of a stab at the fanbois really gotta back down from gatekeeping as this is what I find the cringiest about Linux user base. Which I’m part of now so I see it as my duty to call this shit out and tell them to knock it off. It is full on obnoxious.