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this post was submitted on 04 Aug 2023
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Meanwhile, I invested a solid 30hrs over 2 weeks of troubleshooting, researching, and getting help from users in order to have 4k120 on Fedora, something that supposedly works for my configuration. And no worky.
I really really wanted 2023 to be the year I finally migrated, but basic functionality being inexplicably broken just isn't it.
NVIDIA? My condolences, good news though is that open-source NVIDIA drivers will be coming over the years (NVK and the open-source kernel packages), so expect it to get better.
I've never understood the issues people have with Nvidia on Linux.
I've got a 3080, powering 3 monitors, using EdeavourOS, running the closed-source drivers. Genuinely zero issues so far, and yet everytime I mention it I get a bunch of alleged know-it-alls telling me how terrible my experience should be lol.
If you get a good experience doesn't mean it will be a good experience for everyone. It's not as bad as it was some time ago but it's not all cotton candy. (I use a 1060 on Linux btw)
Maybe its just marketing to give those hope, that ditched Nvidia because of closed sourced drivers.
4k120 must be really important for you if you are willing to sacrifice all your privacy and security for it