Choose a distribution that fits your needs and verify recent updates from Nvidia for Linux support.
Choose a distribution that fits your needs and verify recent updates from Nvidia for Linux support.
DDU is effectively your package manager. For ubuntu based, use apt purge - " sudo apt purge nvidia*" Pretty sure the nvidia binary has an uninstall command option, or possibly use dpkg to purge it? " dpkg -P <nvidia-pakage> " Only thing you you may need to do is enable nouveau, otherwise you'll only boot to the tty rather then DE on reboot.
I agree with others that KDE offers a great default setup with many customization options. When it comes to distributions, opinions vary quite a bit. Modern software usually works well enough, but if you're aiming for software development, you might want to explore options that provide the best fit for your requirements. I wouldn't recommend Ubuntu for this purpose, though I'm quite biased, so keep that in mind. Update frequency could also play a role. That's what I've noticed. I've always been comfortable with Wayland for years—until my GPU got an Nvidia card and things got messy. Even their latest drivers are pretty poor compared to what I'm used to. I also faced problems with suspend-to-RAM, where the system would partially power down but still react to input. It wouldn't respond to changes in runlevels or would hang when asked to restart. As long as proprietary drivers aren't active, it should be fine. This issue appears across Gentoo, Debian, and Fedora—it's not a problem specific to any one distro. My usual fix is to temporarily disable sleep, connect the monitor to the GPU port, and use the Nvidia dGPU for rendering games. It's not ideal, but Wayland integrates perfectly with "amdgpu." Newer versions of Nouveau aren't quite ready for modern GPUs, especially in the 20+ series. Once I can afford a new GPU, I'll switch to something more capable. Also, make sure you install packages via the package manager; most come with setup files like "/etc/modprobe.d/nvidia.conf" that enable Nouveau. Removing the package will delete that file and allow it to work.
Hey everyone! Thanks for your help and after thinking a bit (hehe), I’ve decided. Your reassurance about NVIDIA and Wayland made it work for me. I chose Endeavour OS with Arch, which includes the NVIDIA beta drivers, and used HyDE hyprdots to set up HyPrLand. Of course, I know this isn’t the standard way, but I’m okay with it for now since I want to test it before fully committing. Thanks again! If you’re curious, here are some prints—there are many themes, and this is the one I picked, though I think there are around 20 others.
Interestingly, Nvidia provides open-source kernel modules for Turing and newer versions. I've been utilizing them consistently over the past few months, with no problems—CUDA is functioning perfectly, among other things. (I'm still using Gnome alongside Xorg.)