Demi Marie Obenour <demiobenour@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > On 4/5/22 12:29, Michael Catanzaro wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 5 2022 at 11:56:07 AM -0400, Robbie Harwood >> <rharwood@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> Users wishing to use NVIDIA hardware have the following options: >>> >>> - Use nouveau (free, open source, cool) >>> - Sign their own copy of the proprietary driver (involves messing with >>> certificates, so not appropriate for all users) >>> - Disable Secure Boot (note that this is still UEFI) >>> >>> The NVIDIA driver is proprietary, so of course it's not going to get >>> signed. >> >> The user experience requirement is: user searches for NVIDIA in GNOME >> Software and clicks Install. No further action should be >> necessary. We didn't make the NVIDIA driver available from the >> graphical installer with the intention that arcane workarounds would >> be required to use it. > > Bingo. None of the three options Robbie suggested are reasonable for > non-technical users. No, I don't think that's right. It's been a bit since I've run nvidia hardware, but I'm pretty sure using nouveau is the default. It's less powerful than the proprietary driver, but if it works out of the box, it's really difficult to argue with that user experience. Be well, --Robbie
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