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Fuck nvidia. (mujico.org)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

Thats why i never buy their shit after having one laptop with one of their graphics.

Worst part? I'm still using that laptop, im doing troubleshooting right now.

Anyone else?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Online updates are unsafe but it is Ubuntu’s fault for how they manage kernels. Fedora gets it correct keeping multiple versions around.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Having multiple versions of a kernel doesn't solve this issue. It's the driver dying and video signal stops working until system reboot that is really a bad implementation. Your new driver should work at least well enough with the previous kernel as to at least prompt the user that a reboot is necessary to finish the update. Bad engineering.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think you misunderstood their problem.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I think you misunderstood their problem.