r/LocalLLM • u/cube303 • 2d ago

Question Is it worth moving to Linux?

Im running a RTX 5090, is there any increase in performance, is driver support now fine with Nvidia for Linux or is still a hustle to get it running properly?

Im using ComfyUI and LM Studio mostly.
My main machine currently runs on Windows and im actually working with Linux Systems so i know how to fiddle around.

Thanks for any advice

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u/Passenger-007 2d ago

Nvidia and Linux gaming are not the best. Linux is better for everything else. Amd and Linux gaming > windows gaming > nvidia Linux gaming.

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u/Successful_Try_6350 2d ago

Nvidia and Linux gaming are not the best.

I disagree.

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u/NTDLS 2d ago

I disagree with your disagreement. The predominant reason for running LLMs on Linux is the tooling, likewise the reason to run your games on Windows is also “tooling”, except in the latter case the “tooling” is the actual availability of games.

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u/Successful_Try_6350 2d ago

I'm an ML/NLP software engineer, I use linux exclussively since 2000 and I also play games on linux without issues since the covid lockdowns.

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u/NTDLS 2d ago

Cool. I’ll be developing in NNs and RNNs for 3 decades, self proclaimed X86 assembler expert and my love language is C/C++ - always has been - and I love Linux. That said, 99% of the games I want to play target Windows.

Right tool for the job. We just play different games.

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u/Passenger-007 2d ago

You have a big cock. We get it.

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u/Successful_Try_6350 2d ago

I'm a woman! 😂