Released: NVIDIA 555.42.02 Linux Beta Brings Wayland Explicit Sync, GSP Firmware
Updated through nvidia-tkg. Smooth sailing so far
Were you having problems previously?
Not outside of what was expected. Worth noting that i am using Kwin on Wayland, so out of order frames, and flickering of CEF and Electron on XWayland apps was an issue. I’m not sure about the latter, but the former will be gone once Plasma 6.1 releases in about 3 weeks. Or if you’re using a different compositor, it could be gone already
Is this the update that will let me use two monitors with different refresh rates at the same time under wayland?
You also need the Mesa and kernel support but otherwise yes. It is all out there now. You just have to get it all to your distro.
Wait nvidia is releasing native drivers for Linux now,? Does RTX work?
They've been doing that for a long time. And yes raytracing works.
They even used to be the best drivers, a long time ago when nobody cared about the graphics stack. Had ATI/AMD? You got the FGLRX proprietary driver and it was really bad.
12 years ago it was probably one of the least broken GPU drivers available. You actually got most of your GPUs capabilities.
Now with Intel and AMD going open-source, those are now the best drivers and NVIDIA is lagging behind and not keeping up with advancements in the Linux graphics stack. Hopefully the open driver and NVK catches up and brings everyone a good open-source NVIDIA experience so we can stop relying on the proprietary driver.
RTX has worked under Linux both natively and via and Wine/Proton/DXVK/VKD3D for quite some time now.
Wait, explicit sync is kind of a bug big deal, right?
kind of a bug deal
Maybe that's why it's still in beta.
Huge fucking deal, especially for Nvidia users, but it is great for the entire ecosystem. Other OSes have had explicit sync for ages, so it is great for Linux to finally catch up in this regard.
waiting patiently on nobara . . . . . . must remain virtuous
Same here! I wonder how long it will take?
According to the discord, it could be as soon as this weekend.
Can't wait for wider adoption and further development so I can also experience wayland
Who is this Wayland people keep talking about?
Some people think he is lovely or a jerk.
Wayland Jennings
