On 4/6/22 16:59, Robbie Harwood wrote: > 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. Nouveau does not support any graphics acceleration on Ampere, and its performance is very poor on Maxwell and later. -- Sincerely, Demi Marie Obenour (she/her/hers)
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