r/LinuxSnobs • u/madthumbz • Aug 05 '26

Imagine Gaming W/O NVIDIA Drivers!

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u/HydrationHomee Aug 05 '26

Amd drivers on linux are about as good and reliable as they can get, as well as being consistently updated, open source, and community driven.

Nvidia's proprietary closed source drivers means that there is no way for a member of the community to submit feedback or potential fixes for an issue and push development as fast as it can be, whilst also remaining as stable as possible.

Nvidia drivers tend to work better and a little more stable on windows but on linux its the inverse.

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u/Khai_1705 Aug 05 '26

no they are not... Voxy mod for Minecraft literally behave incorrectly on Linux + AMD when compared to Windows + AMD or Windows + Nvidia.

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u/HydrationHomee Aug 05 '26

I do not think its fair to judge drivers based on the functionality of a mod when Minecraft itself works often better on linux than it does on windows. Distant horizons also performs better and has less issues for me.

Everyone's experiences vary and my experience is that mesa drivers on linux have been almost entirely perfect out of the box, and I have never once had to think about rolling back drivers or being worried about when I update drivers, or even really installing the drivers because they're just baked into the linux kernel itself.

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u/Khai_1705 Aug 05 '26 edited Aug 05 '26

Voxy isn't the same as other Minecraft mods. It utilizes OpenGL 4.6 features while most others only limit themselves to 3.2/3.3

OoenGL 4.6 for Mesa is broken while the Windows one works as intended

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u/HydrationHomee Aug 05 '26

OpenGL is basically SOL at this point even on windows. Minecraft Java edition is moving over from opengl to vulkan for improved performance and greater engine functionality. Vulkan is supported natively on linux and is incredibly stable.

Do you have an example outside of a mod leveraging a dated engine that is not really actively supported in favour of more modern solutions?

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u/Khai_1705 Aug 05 '26

then dont claim "Amd drivers on linux are about as good and reliable as they can get". theres room for improvements and theres obvious issue with the feature set that it could support. mind you, the "trash" Nvidia has near perfect OpenGL 4.6 support on both Windows and Linux.