[bbbbzzz1]

I want to switch back to Linux but I keep having gpu driver issues. Everything was fine until I got a 165hz monitor then had random crashes. If the fact I am using gnome on xorg vs Wayland was the problem (who knows, I gave up on debugging) then I'm all for it

I'd rather just use windows and run Linux in a vm then not use the features of the monitor that I bought.

[Jiocus]

What GPU were you driving, and were your issues with Xorg or Wayland?

I'm running 165hz + 240hz on Xorg with i3vm or KDE Plasma (kwin). OpenGL compositor with Nvidias drivers. Everything works fine.

[bbbbzzz1]

Using a rtx 3070 with the Nvidia drivers. It worked fine until some update but like I said, I gave up on debugging.

It goes to show that I got downvoted for my original comment. I used to use Linux as my main os for about 7 years, but now my free time is more limited. I don't care to debug these type of problems when I am trying to just use my computer.

At work I remote into a Linux vm, so I'll do that at home as well whether my host os is windows or mac. It works for me.

[porkbeer]

Weird, i run a bunch of weirdo displays from 25hz to 240hz and never had any issues, even with nvidia drivers. Tbh i have more bugs with AMD although I perfer their approach more.

[gumballindie]

Laptop at 165 hz, desktop monitor at 144 and second at 260. All work fine on linux mint x11 with nvidia drivers and kde. No hdr but that's fine.

[Gigachad]

The most fun thing about Linux is that everything seems to work fine for some people and be broken for others.

[ergvgdvgrd]

My experience is if you buy very common hardware, other people have already driven over all landmines.

[Gigachad]

I have a fairly typical AMD 3600 cpu and 5700xt with a mid tier common mobo. All stuff that's super consumer and a few years old now. And I still encounter tons of random issues. And updates that break stuff that used to work.

Sure, its a lot worse for brand new laptops. But it never entirely works to the level you'd get from macOS.

[kaba0]

Well, macos only has to support a low-digit number of sanctioned configs, so that’s much easier. For whatever it worth, I found linux’s device support the very best — while windows does likely have some random binary for a given device laying around the internet, it is often borderline malware, and may not work too well on a newer windows version (though credit where its due, windows’ backwards compatibility is phenomenal). Linux has a vast amount of supported devices out of the box, no “windows is looking for a solution”.

[gumballindie]

That seems to be the case. But on hardware it works it’s awesome.

[yjftsjthsd-h]

Windows has the advantage that there is only one desktop environment and display server, and you will use it.

This is also its disadvantage.