[anontechworker]

I’m not justifying their lack of efforts for Linux users but I can understand why they limit their resources towards creating better drivers. According to Wikipedia(1), the amount of Linux usage worldwide is barely even a blip compared to windows + macOS. From a business standpoint, it’s hard to see the benefits of correcting these issues.

1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_sys...

[setr]

Ofc, thats a self-fulfilling prophecy: nvidia should never see high usage in linux if they’re not spending money there, except by accident (ie a cheap, good card also happens to be cracked open enough for good open source drivers to be written, or something like bitcoin crops up again, and linux/nvidia is necessary enough that people use it despite the shoddy drivers).

But it always has to be because the lack of interest by nvidia was overcome

[lasagnaphil]

Although it doesn’t matter to gamers buying GPUs solely for gaming, it really matters for a lot of the researchers (not just computer science, but any major that uses GPU computing), and also the professionals (using CAD and other software). They are also buying those high-end GPUs alongside the gamers, and are constantly irritated by shaky Linux nvidia drivers. If AMD gets enough support for high-performance computing (ex. deep learning), then researchers might be more inclined to switch to AMD...

[Keyframe]

What I don't understand is how come driver for their cards works just fine on Windows AND MacOS then? Maybe it isn't Nvidia at fault alone here?

TBH, I only had problems installing their drivers on Linux, but once they were up and running all was/is good... Except Wayland. But, wayland's gonna way no matter what, so no Wayland for me.

[setr]

Doesn't apple handle the creation of most of the MacOS drivers itself? I'd assume its the case for graphics cards as well.

Windows ofc is windows, it justifies itself

[Keyframe]

Nvidia provides their own drivers on their site for MacOS - you need those for newer cards.