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(solved) I can't get my linux system to run properly (lemm.ee)

submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I chose to use opensuse tw kde based on some vm tests. The installation was easy but for some reason the video playback on youtube is terrible. It stutters. First thing I did after install was to use opi to install codecs. Then I used Yast to get the Nvidia repo. Lastly, I used the software manager to install the video g06 driver.

To be honest I am happy using Windows 10 but I wanted to try Linux again because of the privacy and security, but there always seems to be something whenever I try to use linux. Should I keep using Windows or try a different distro?

My specs:

1080ti, ryzen 2600, msi b450 tomahawk.

Update: It was the secure boot setting. Nvidia drivers don't work with it on I guess. Thanks for all the other information though, more to look into.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

For OP and other people with this issue, make sure you set media.ffmpeg.vaapi.enabled to true in about:config in firefox. Unless you do that, hardware video acceleration often wont be used.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I've always been curious why this isn't enabled by default on Firefox on Linux, do you know why that's the case?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

It brakes some things. I tried to enable it on my main desktop, but some site were not working properly, I don't remember exactly what was the problem, but for me, with a decent desktop CPU, everything was better without it. On my low end laptop it helped a lot with intel graphics. It depends on your hardware, and they bet on the safe side.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

TIL

I didn't have it set to true but I also never noticed any problem

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I don't think that's gonna work because this is a thing that he needs

https://github.com/elFarto/nvidia-vaapi-driver