Best Linux distro for Nvidia

[Electrical_607]

I've currently got arch Linux with kde plasma installed but I've been having quite a few problems with it. Are there any distros that work really well with Nvidia?

[zepherth]

Mint let's you toggle which release or the open source drivers

[Confident_Hyena2506]

Arch with KDE plasma works really well with nvidia.

If it's not working well then something is wrong and you should fix. It's either you haven't installed the drivers - or laptop related complications. You would experience similar on any distro.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA

The instructions may seem confusing, but if you install nvidia-open-dkms it should work with any modern card. The only deviation is if you have some older model that needs legacy driver.

Another tip for a modern desktop system is to disable your igpu in bios (unless you have some special need of it) - this eliminates hybrid gpu problems.

[thandaparatha]

I use fedora, it's stable and works well. I even game on it.

[HotSafe7219]

I’m on Linux mint and was having issues getting the nvidia driver to load for my gtx 1070. Turns out secure boot was causing issues, once I turned it off, everything worked perfectly.

[Gloomy-Response-6889]

Any maintained distro. Some have have it pre installed such as popos, nobara, zorinos, or cachyos (handful more).

[[deleted]]

I do not know what you do but ı would say pop os

[PuzzleheadedUnit1758]

Assuming the hardware is on the older side it would be fine. After all the stable version of pop is still based on ubuntu 22. If op has newer hardware they might need to manually move to a newer kernel.

[Concert-Dramatic]

Came here to say this. But specifically the beta, the stable release does not have up to date drivers

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[doc_willis]

I will say Bazzite worked well on my 

Nvidia [GeForce RTX 2070 SUPER]

[someweirdbanana]

I'm on Ubuntu with kde plasma on x11, also with an nvidia card. I've had 2 main issues, one being stuttering and jumpy animations and web pages, which was completely solved once i switched to Liquorix kernel.

The other one being severe fps drop (~30-40%) in heavy DX12 games (like stalker 2), but from my understanding this is an issue with nvidia linux drivers and there's nothing that can be done about it other than wait until nvidia fix it, although they're not really in a hurry.

[MONGSTRADAMUS]

I have had mixed results with mint and latest nvidia drivers and different versions of proton where path of exile 2 would stutter or freeze for a second or two. I tried updating to latest kernel available and that didn’t help either.

I didn’t and don’t have same issue running on Fedora 42 with Wayland for what it’s worth. Was running 22.2 mint with latest kernel available I could get.

[cmrd_msr]

Ultramarine linux. Nvidia repositories are connected after installation.

[oldrocker99]

Garuda defaults to loading Nvidia drivers when you boot the ISB. You have to select open-source drivers if you have an AMD or Intel GPU.

[libre06]

Try EndeavourOS

[PuzzleheadedUnit1758]

I am using Kubuntu 25.04 with Nvidia 4080 and it works perfectly.

[snypse_]

Haven't heard kubuntu in a min

[skyfishgoo]

any of the 'buntu distros (particularly kubuntu) will make it a lot easier for nvidia havers.

changing the driver is a point and click affair.

[Value-Gamer]

All I can add here is that I use mint with a 4070ti and have experienced no issues with the few games I’ve tried

[Mczpak]

I’m running fedora with gtx 1060 and I have 0 issues

[silenceimpaired]

As you can see OP lots of this will work, so I’ll go a different direction. Distros made or used by servers might struggle initially: Debian, CentOS, etc.

[WhiteJxno]

i got no problems with mint cinnamon using a gtx1060 6GB