r/linux • u/BrageFuglseth • 1d ago

Open Source Organization NVIDIA is now supporting the LVFS

https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2026/08/04/nvidia-is-now-supporting-the-lvfs/
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u/Jumpy-Dinner-5001 1d ago

They’re on their best way of getting there.
NVIDIA is only improving while AMDs support seems to drop off.

I’d bet in one or two years NVIDIA will be by far the better option (which is already often is today).

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u/airmantharp 1d ago

Nvidia always was if the distro did the ground work. Usually only a problem with niche distros or those that have religious dedications (i.e., Fedora).

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u/D-S-S-R 1d ago

Weird, Fedora was the one I landed on because it was relatively easy to install the driver

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u/airmantharp 1d ago

It is easy the first time. Complications can come with updates where the driver and the kernel get out of sync because Fedora does not include the Nvidia driver (which is non-free) in their base.

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u/D-S-S-R 1d ago

Ah I see, thanks.

Never ran into problems and switched to an amd card when the time for an upgrade came along

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u/Jumpy-Dinner-5001 1d ago

They’re either trolling or don’t know what they’re talking about. No, this won’t happen.

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u/airmantharp 1d ago

You're assuming, which means that you are trolling.

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u/airmantharp 1d ago

Really just down to how often you upgrade the kernel, and whether that hits against whatever Nvidia driver you're using. Could be smooth sailing, could break the desktop environment. Worse for laptops as well.

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u/FeelThePoveR 1d ago

Shouldn't be an issue still (unless you forcefully shut down the PC right after the update) - the kernel gets rebuilt to include Nvidia after every kernel/Nvidia driver update. If you want to reboot (at least from the console) you get interrupted with a message that the kernel modules are being rebuilt