It's Recommended To Avoid Using The Open-Source NVIDIA Driver On Linux 6.3

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Avoid-Nouveau-Linux-6.3

Linux 6.3 triggers a use-after-free inside #nouveau with the consequence of corruption kernel memory.

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islandmonkeee@kbin.social · 6 pts · 3y

I'm sorry but Nouveau is just hot trash

gawdahm@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 3y

Good thing that not too many people use nouveau

angrymouse@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Afaik only with very old cards you should use nouveau. Nvidia put some shenanigans on drivers and nouveau team cannot reverse-engineer the new cards.

vividspecter@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

I'm not sure of the full details, but that has changed recently: https://www.phoronix.com/news/NVIDIA-Ampere-Firmware-Blobs

skymtf@pricefield.org · 1 pts · 3y

I cannot wait for Nvidia stuff to just be a part of MESA