• ohshit604@sh.itjust.works
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    1 day ago

    drivers are notoriously troublesome on Linux

    I dunno man, Debian makes it pretty easy.

    1. Prerequisites

    x64 Kernel headers:

    sudo apt install linux-headers-amd64
    
    1. Debian 12 Installation

    Disable secure boot & add ‘Contrib’ repository to sources list:

    sudo deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    

    Install Nvidia driver

    sudo apt install nvidia-driver firmware-misc-nonfree
    

    Restart system.

    Bonus points for optimal performance follow CUDA doc & OptiX doc for Ray-Tracing & utilization of Nvidia cuda cores.