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Nvidia: clarify closed/open source drivers (#647)
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You can choose between the proprietary
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[Nvidia drivers](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA) or the open source
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[Nouveau driver](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Nouveau). For the
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proprietary drivers, there are 3 of them: the current driver
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proprietary drivers, there are 3 of them: the current closed source driver
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named 'nvidia' (or 'nvidia-dkms' to use with custom linux kernels) which is
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under active development, the legacy drivers 'nvidia-3xxxx' for older cards
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which Nvidia no longer actively supports, and the 'nvidia-open' driver which is
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under active development; the legacy closed source drivers 'nvidia-3xxxx' for older cards
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which Nvidia no longer actively supports; and the 'nvidia-open' driver which is
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currently an alpha stage attempt to open source a part of their closed source
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driver for newer cards.
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@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ and power management for recent GPUs.
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However, keep in mind that if the proprietary Nvidia drivers do not work
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properly on your computer, the Nouveau driver might work fine. This will
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most likely be the case for
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[older cards](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA#Unsupported_drivers)
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[older cards](https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA#Unsupported_drivers).
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## How to get Hyprland to possibly run on Nvidia (Proprietary)
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{{< callout >}}
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Even if your GPU is listed as supported by the `nvidia-open-dkms` driver, at this
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point in time, it is still not up to feature parity with the proprietary drivers.
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point in time, it is still not up to feature parity with the current closed source drivers.
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One issue with the open drivers is that it could cause problems with suspend in
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general, let that be closing the lid on your laptop or by manually triggering one.
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Overall, you'd be better off with `nvidia-dkms` right now, but Hyprland should work
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