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0 pointsinferniac1mo ago0 comments

"it's fundamentally inferior to Linux"

I installed linux mint on a new drive in January

Firefox was tearing awfully on just scrolling

Surely I just need to install Nvidia drivers

Install drivers, but they dont work due to some secure boot interaction with driver signing, that made me jump through quite a few hoops (thx to AI for walking me through it fairly well)

I'm sorry but an average person is not ready for this level of bs in their daily life

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subscribed1mo ago

Well, on windows you just need to install Nvidia drivers so it stops crashing.

Mint might be the wrong choice. AFAIR on both Fedora and Ubuntu you can just add "nonfree" repositories (one checkmark) and you'll have proprietary, closed source binaries installed. At least this is how it worked kn my Linux laptops. I've never had to specifically install NVIDIA drivers and conversely, firmware upgrade was comes from the repository as well, so the installation is one commandline command and reboot, no obscure websites and weird firmware installers.

thomond1mo ago

Part of the problem is the unpredictability. I have Nvidia too and I never had these problems.

coreyburnsdev1mo ago

Linux mint is not a good distro

Arainach1mo ago

Having to figure out which distros are "good" or not, with the internet full of people arguing about those points, is another entry on the "why Linux isn't a good choice for most people" list.

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