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Long story short… I've been exclusively using Linux systems since I was 13. It has been 20 years since I started.

Vid very much related. When I started out, ~20 years ago, "nvidia" was the choice for Linux fags like myself. As a retard, I kept buying such hardware as years went on. Fast forward to current day:
>I have "high-end laptop"
<it is useless :DDDDDDD

Lemme give you fags a TL;DR:
>3 yrs ago, buy super-mega laptop (with NVIDIA) chipset
>bought it b/c it had a pre-installed Ubuntu environment
>years passed, new 'buntu environment came out
>try to upgrade
>"no"
>uhm… ok… manually download "Manjaro" distribution
>"burn" it to pendrive
>use it
<2 months in
>it fried my fucking battery, since, it turns out that le'nvidia fucks with your battery
>right now my battery can take 2mins disconnect, after that it die
>…
>try to use my high-end hardware with contemporary gaymes (directX11 - wine Vulkan)
>low FPS; HIGH TEMPERATURE
>try reinstall
>Manjaro completely fucked, can't even get graphic interface w basic driver anymore
…
…
>install Kubuntu
>uses some kind of spooky Wayland shit or whatever, games lagg like no tomorrow
…
>install Xubuntu
>suddenly everything "works"
>I'm merely 10-20 FPS down from Windows setup
>still the best option
…
>turns out there's no fucking way to make my GPU fans work, no matter what
>GPU gets over 90°C when playing GAEMS
>…
>get used to it
>the same would be around ~70˚C if I used Windows

Thank you NVIDIA!!!!!!!!!!

general REEEEEEEEEEEEE LINUX thread, particularly REEEEEEEing at fucking capitalist BS.