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  • Manticore@lemmy.nztoLinux@programming.dev•NVIDIA Drops Pascal Support On Linux, Causing Chaos On Arch Linux
    6 months

    This is an uncharitable interpretation of what I said.

    Nvidia doesn’t tell me it doesn’t work. Linux users do. When I first used Linux for coding all those years ago, my GPU wasn’t relevant, nobody mentioned it during my code bootcamp or computer science certification several years ago, and ubuntu and Kubuntu both booted fine.

    When I upgraded my GPU, I got Nvidia. It was available and I knew what to expect. Simple as.

    Then as W10 (and W11) got increasingly intolerable, I came to Linux communities to learn about using Linux as a Windows replcement, looking into distros like Mint and Garuda, and behold: I come across users saying Linux has compatibility issues with Nvidia. Perhaps because it is ‘so well known’ most don’t think to mention it, I learned about it from a random comment on a meme about gaming.

    I also looked into tutorials on getting Affinity design software to work on which distros, and the best I could find was shit like, I finally got it to run so long as I don’t [do these three basic functions].

    I don’t care who started it, I can already believe it’s the for-profit company sucking up to genAI. But right now that doesn’t help me. I care that it’s true and that’s the card I have, and I’m still searching for distros that will let me switch and meets work needs and not just browsing or games.

    I’m here now, aware that they don’t work, still looking for the best solution I can afford, because I did look up Linux.

  • Manticore@lemmy.nztoLinux@programming.dev•NVIDIA Drops Pascal Support On Linux, Causing Chaos On Arch Linux
    6 months

    Similar for me. All the talk about what software Linux couldn’t handle, I didn’t learn that Linux is incompatible with Nvidia until AFTER I updated my GPU. I don’t want to buy another GPU after less than a year, but Windows makes me want to do a sudoku in protest… but also my work and design software wont run properly on Linux and all anybody can talk about is browsers and games.

    I’m damned whether I switch or not.

  • Manticore@lemmy.nztoReddit@lemmy.world•Reddit Is Restricting Luigi Mangione Discourse—but It’s Even Weirder Than That
    1 year

    Thanks.

    Holy shit, it’s so many. Days apart, so I’d guess like half my comments in the last few months? I stopped scrolling.

    Som of them I can assume why. The discussion might be about gendered experiences and I’d use a word like ‘sexism’, ‘rape’ or ‘bitch’ in intellectual discussion. Bots can’t know the difference and might think it’s harassment (or not ad-friendly).

    But so many of them are informative responses to questions in subs like TooAfraidToAsk. Sex, relationships, escaping abuse. Most of them are long comments discussing controversial topics in a nuanced, analytical way. Almost all of them are correcting misinformation, providing empathetic context, or teaching somebody who asked for help.

    Shadowbanning comments removes the user’s ability to appeal. Jesus, I hope some of these people still managed to get the help they needed.

    Literally the only things I still posted there were supposed to answer people’s questions and instruct. If I can’t warn an 18yr boy that his relationship sounds unhealthy and recommend resources to him, there’s no fucking point me being there.

    Thanks for the link. I’ve got stuff to think about.