Waffelson@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 8 months agoIs there something you lack in Wayland but have in xorg?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square241fedilinkarrow-up1736arrow-down179
arrow-up1657arrow-down1imageIs there something you lack in Wayland but have in xorg?lemmy.worldWaffelson@lemmy.world to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square241fedilink
minus-squaremichaelmrose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoI have a 1080. The drivers are great under X. I’ve been using nvidia hardware since 2003. Driver support has always been pretty good.
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoBut their driver support isn’t good, as is widely reported. Even by the guy who literally created the kernel.
minus-squaremichaelmrose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoLinus didn’t say they didn’t work he doesn’t like their failure to play nice with others. You can’t use that cop out.
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoMaintaining good Linux drivers for something like a graphics card very much requires work with others. It’s a big reason for why Nvidia’s drivers are pretty crappy. Calling it a cop out sounds like major cope. Nvidia drivers on Linux are crappy. There’s a reason everybody complains about them.
minus-squaremichaelmrose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·7 months agoNvidia’s drivers for X have always been very good. Their drivers for wayland will be good before Wayland is
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-27 months agoWayland has been good for years. Nvidia needs to fix their trash drivers, they’re complete dog shit.
minus-squaremichaelmrose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoIt’s now getting to the port where its sort of fully functional. In several more years maybe we’ll be to the point where users don’t need to learn about the plumbing like X was 14 years ago.
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoX will never be fully functional, though. It’s been abandoned
I have a 1080. The drivers are great under X. I’ve been using nvidia hardware since 2003. Driver support has always been pretty good.
But their driver support isn’t good, as is widely reported.
Even by the guy who literally created the kernel.
Linus didn’t say they didn’t work he doesn’t like their failure to play nice with others. You can’t use that cop out.
Maintaining good Linux drivers for something like a graphics card very much requires work with others.
It’s a big reason for why Nvidia’s drivers are pretty crappy.
Calling it a cop out sounds like major cope. Nvidia drivers on Linux are crappy. There’s a reason everybody complains about them.
Nvidia’s drivers for X have always been very good. Their drivers for wayland will be good before Wayland is
Wayland has been good for years.
Nvidia needs to fix their trash drivers, they’re complete dog shit.
It’s now getting to the port where its sort of fully functional. In several more years maybe we’ll be to the point where users don’t need to learn about the plumbing like X was 14 years ago.
X will never be fully functional, though. It’s been abandoned