That clears up my specific confusion perfectly! Thanks!

Read the article and was confused. Good thing there’s a comment section to ask questions.

Solid point!

So what does this mean? He was the main contributer. Is Nouveau the only open source driver Nvidia cards can use on Linux?

Sounds like Arch.

!Put it in the autostart 🤷🏻‍♂️!<

Never.

I get it though, I held onto it for awhile before that extra few seconds got to be enough.

If you’re gaming on Linux I can’t recommend Nobara enough. Optimized from the kernel out for gaming and based on Fedora. It autoinstalls graphics drivers on first boot, includes steam, lutris, proton, wine, and everything else you need to play out of the box. Also has Proton-Up, so you have a nice little easy GUI way to install the latest Proton versions. Developed by GloriousEggroll of GE-Proton fame.

For reference, I use a 3060 and play most games in 4K@144hz at medium-highest settings comfortably. I also run a second monitor which Nobara handles seemlessly, so good to go for Multi-Display setups too.

Tabby is great, but takes considerably longer to start. When I want a terminal, I want it instantly. Kitty and Alacrity are two of my favorites.