• mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    Because Ubuntu is really slow to update, which means you might have to wait months for driver updates to play the newest games.

    Also, a lot of people have Nvidia cards, and updating their drivers is a pain on Ubuntu.

    Most gamers are best served by an Arch or Fedora based distro that can include Nvidia drivers automatically.

    • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net
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      23 hours ago

      I’ve found that Ubuntu still has by far the easiest one-click Nvidia driver installer of any distro, and switching between driver versions (such as rolling back if a new driver is buggy) is also far easier on Ubuntu.

      I say that as someone who does not like Ubuntu in most other aspects.

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        3 hours ago

        funny that on Windows you have to update your drivers like this too, I see no issue with using a “slow” distro like Ubuntu for this, I have other reasons to avoid Ubuntu like snap packages

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        6 hours ago

        Have you heard the good news of our Lord and Savior, atomic Fedora versions? It’s even easier there because the driver is part of the image itself, and rollbacks are as easy as selecting a different entry in the boot manager.