I’m disabled and no way to get anything from what I have now, which is a omen laptop from 2016 and no matter what ditro, and whatever fixes I try, I can’t get Linux to work with my games through steam without a lot of problems.
When do you think Nvidia will actually be usable for gaming on a laptop?
Distro I used was Ubuntu, nobara, pop os, EndeavourOS, umm like others I can’t currently remember.
Always seems to be some minor thing that just breaks things or little nuanced glitches in the desktop environment, like kde plasma just not showing specific things.
If I could get a better laptop or computer that wouldn’t have these problems I would.
I’m forced to be on windows 10.
My computer is a omen laptop
https://support.hp.com/ee-en/document/c06425980
With a Nvidia 1660gt iirc
EDIT: forgot to mention my Logitech mouse that didn’t seem to work besides basic mouse functionality, I need certain macros and things on it which doesn’t save on the mouse it self (mouse was a gift from my mom)
There is no shame in defeat so long as the spirit remains unconquered.
I’d stick with Windows in your case. No shame in using what works. I had a laptop with hybrid Nvidia graphics and never could get it working satisfactorily with Linux.
I think the issue might be that Nvidia just doesn’t support that chipset on the latest drivers. They whacked all the mobile chipsets about a year ago, so all the GeForce mobile stuff doesn’t work on latest releases. You’ll probably be stuck at a lesser point release for actual desktop-driving stuff, but things like Proton won’t be able to work with it anymore as they advance.
This is more about the DirectX interaction with the abstraction layers though.
How I prevent the driver update?
Go to the Nvidia Driver Support page, put in your model, and run the binary installer version it points you to. It should handle everything for you, or output an error if your card is no longer supported.
You can also give the Nouveau driver a shot, but it can be somewhat problematic.
