linux VS nvidia-graphics-drivers

If in the USA then System76 could be a good contender, they don't make the hardware just use Clevo hardware, however I've had so many issues with the Lemur Pro and support has been terrible, after significant shipping costs to fix a common freezing issue they sent it back with a broken trackpad, missing screws and the same issue persisting (https://github.com/pop-os/linux/issues/45 & https://github.com/pop-os/pop/issues/1172) tbh they (System76) really don't like any critizism and popOS has been really flaky between updates, they also tend to be bad actors in the community with little upstreaming and a sense of superiority (https://www.theregister.com/2021/11/10/system76_gnome_desktop_fight/) - My machine (lemp9) is basically just sat in a cupboard gathering dust.

The problem is it says the audio is working out of the box, but it isn't. I've talked to the support and I was shown this: https://github.com/pop-os/linux/pull/205

As for kernel 6.3 update, it is going on for testing currently: https://github.com/pop-os/linux/pull/251

I don't use Pop but the repos show 6.2.6

Linux 6.2: https://github.com/pop-os/linux/pull/228 Not Mesa 23.1 but Mesa 22.3.5: https://github.com/pop-os/linux/pull/228 (Merged)

If you use hybrid graphics mode with an Nvidia card while the laptop screen turned off, it gets very laggy. It's a known issue with the Nvidia driver; https://github.com/pop-os/nvidia-graphics-drivers/issues/61. Switch to Nvidia graphics mode (open the quick settings on the top right, click the battery icon, then Nvidia graphics) when you're plugged in and it should work correctly.

Let's hope testing to start on https://github.com/pop-os/nvidia-graphics-drivers :)

Oh yeah? You know what else works out of the box? macOS. I have yet to find the mythical restrictions that some oldheads keep talking about. The usability is better too. By far. The only things that work better on Ubuntu e.g. Docker, can be offloaded to a VM and don't have to run on my personal machine. I don't take Windows serious for anything but .NET development and gaming. I don't care about out of the box compatibility. I don't mind installing an NVidia tool that handles the driver updates as long as it works well. pop_os is just not it: https://github.com/pop-os/nvidia-graphics-drivers/issues/135 Which takes us back to my last argument about the prayers befor every update.

You can keep up with the availability of testing branches here https://github.com/pop-os/nvidia-graphics-drivers