When something seems to good to be true, it usually is. antiX 26 had a spin that provides both the 5.10 kernel and the current kernel. It’s a full current distro. What could possibly go wrong? New Machine The ancient AMD Athalon machine is humming along nicely trying to cure cancer, Ebola, and other nastiness. The next machine in the BOINC rack had been just using the pathetic Intel GPU from the motherboard under Debian … How to still use nvidia340 or nvidia390 – Part 3Read more
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How to still use nvidia340 or nvidia390 – Part 2
I have a love, like, sometimes hate relationship with Manjaro. When it works, it is sweet. Then they will push out an update that trashes something. It’s a distro based on Arch Linux. They really brought Arch into the mainstream because nobody can tolerate Arch. The Arch developers work really hard, but using Arch is like being in Navy Seal training each and every day of your life. A desktop OS should look nice, be … How to still use nvidia340 or nvidia390 – Part 2Read more
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How to still use nvidia340 or nvidia390 – Part 1
Yes, Nvidia screwed the known universe by dropping support for both nvidia340 and nvidia390 drivers without Open-Sourcing them. They have Open-Sourced some of their newer driver code but not enough that any individual or organization could take it and run. What we have here is pure greed. Uneducated Script Kiddies have bought into the marketing BS that if it isn’t the latest and greatest, it’s nothing. They will deride and otherwise empty their colons on … How to still use nvidia340 or nvidia390 – Part 1Read more
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Windows 10 – No Video Display After Update
No video display after update will be a relentless theme over the next few months. You have already seen my post about Manjaro breaking with updates. Yes, had I paid attention, I could have “fixed” that from a terminal by un-installing the NVidia drivers. At least Linux has a generic driver that will let you use it as a video card. You just cannot use the GPU for things like BOINC. This is why you … Windows 10 – No Video Display After UpdateRead more