As I understand things, or least how I’ve understood them over the last year or so, NVIDIA GPUs are comparatively less-supported on Linux than AMD ones. Is this still the case, and if so, is there hope for near-future improvements in this department? Has NVIDIA made any moves that indicates they’re gonna try to make things better in terms of drivers? And out of curiosity, what is it that AMD has done that NVIDIA hasn’t? Is it really just down to the drivers?
On a similar topic, how is HDR support on Linux? I’ve read that Wayland has support for this (I sound like I know what Wayland is, but I really don’t) but that streaming services and DRM-protected content won’t work with HDR. I personally don’t care about the streaming side of it, I’m more concerned about gaming and watching local video files or 4K Blu-ray discs (I use a tool to strip out the DRM from such discs on-the-fly, so no worries there).
So, in sum (and to make it easier to reply!):
- Is NVIDIA still lagging behind AMD in terms of GPU support on Linux?
- Why is (or was) AMD better-supported?
- How is the current HDR implementation? Particularly as it relates to gaming and watching videos/discs locally.
Thank you kindly!
My 3070 worked fine with hdr in kde arch for over a year.
I will say though HDR isn’t something you should turn on unless you have a display that does good HDR, otherwise everything looks washed out.