• Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works
      12·
      6 months ago

      You don’t need Linux, you just need to get the driver from Nvidia’s website.

      If they can’t figure this out, they really don’t belong on Linux.

    • FauxLiving@lemmy.world
      532·
      6 months ago

      It’s like people are just now noticing that they have zero ability to control their own digital lives because they traded it all away in order to not have to take the time to learn how to do things for themselves.

      • JaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.worldEnglish
        13·
        6 months ago

        We all need to make what we know freely available in a friendly manner to make the path to Linux easier and more fun.

        • mic_check_one_two@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          71·
          6 months ago

          in a friendly manner

          Emphasis on “friendly” because there’s a big “RTFM” issue on some Linux communities. Sure, it can be annoying getting the same questions constantly. But the “RTFM” response is condescending and artificially inflates the barrier to entry. People shouldn’t be expected to read, understand, and remember 200 pages of dense documentation just to learn how to update their graphics drivers. If someone is learning how to drive, telling them “read the owner’s manual for your car” is just toxic. Sure the owners manual will have lots of useful info, but that doesn’t actually help the person who is trying to get started.

          At the very least, point them in the right direction. You can say “RTFM” while still being helpful. Oh, you want to know how to do something specific via CLI? Cool, here’s a link to that specific section, which explains what the command you need does. As it currently stands, a lot of the most crucial info for newcomers is buried in obscure wiki articles and books. And longtime Linux users treat the struggle like a rite of passage. But not everyone is interested in that; They just want to ditch Windows because they can’t install Win11, and they’re looking for friendly alternatives.

          • FauxLiving@lemmy.world
            5·
            6 months ago

            I do agree with a lot of what you’re saying.

            Linux has historically been a space for tech people and so the default assumption is that the user is competent (jokes aside…) and capable of understanding technical writing.

            So, naturally, if a person asks a question which is answered in the documentation then they’re reminded that the answers exist already in the expected places and asking other people to do your own research for you rude.

            The Linux demographic is shifting and we need to adjust, but cultural norms change slowly.

            and they’re looking for friendly alternatives.

            I think that this is part of the trap that keeps people stuck in the spyware/enshittification market.

            Technology is complicated.

            Try to imagine, from a technical point of view, how complex it is to run a service like Netflix. There are a lot of highly trained people designing, managing and maintaining the various systems to run the service that lets a user touch a picture on their phone screen to see a movie.

            The user has an easy, friendly experience but that’s only because Netflix handles all of the complexity. This seems like a good deal initially. I mean, $10 $12 $15 $19.99/mo is a good price to pay to not have to know how to do all of that.

            But, now the user is completely dependent on service providers to stand between them and the complexity of technology so they never have a chance to learn because they never see how anything works.

            This Faustian bargain is what lets these companies continue to spy on people and jack up the price of services while offering less service. Where are the users going to go?

            Linux and the open source community offer a different bargain. You have to learn how to do things for yourself, but now you have actual meaningful choices about how you use technology and a community of people who are trying to solve the same problems as you.

            Sure, it isn’t as easy. But easy isn’t free, and I’m tired of paying what they want to charge.

          • Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works
            2·
            6 months ago

            My literal job consists of helping other (generally much less technically savvy) representatives provide support to our end users, and it being their literal job to provide “tech” help to users is still not enough of an incentive for 80+% of them to learn anything beyond basic computing. Sometimes it’s like pulling teeth just to get a fucking click path or screenshot of what’s actually happening.

            Now expand that out to now I am not getting paid to help people and those asking for help are often VERY entitled that they deserve to have their hand held through the entire process. It’s frustrating and often thankless.

            There’s an older manual for how to ask a “hacker” for technical help that I think is so spot on for setting proper expectations: http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html

        • FauxLiving@lemmy.world
          4·
          6 months ago

          Up until now, we’ve been hiding it in wikis and books, where we know nobody will look. 😂

          There are some user friendly distributions, but even they will be uncomfortable and frustrating to use when you’re new.

          Having to relearn how to use a computer is daunting for people. It’s a lot easier to just touch an app and have the instant gratification.

          The point of all of these apps and services is to get people dependent on them so that they’re unwilling to leave because the alternative requires effort. I don’t know that Linux, as a whole, can ever be that user friendly. But, eventually some people will be tired of being squeezed for cash and spyed on just to save a few weeks of reading and learning.

    • network_switch@lemmy.ml
      5·
      6 months ago

      I remember in 2019 my workplace was doing large guest lectures from experts teaching how to work with millennials entering the workplace. The teacher early on tried to emphasize that most millennials at that point were late 20s up to almost 40 so everyone’s been working with them for a good amount of time now and the crowd was not interested in that.

      Just venting about their teenage children who were gen z but wasn’t a term used much for a couple more years. Just as entertaining were old millennials in denial and certain they were gen x. Not as entertaining were old gen z that thought they were millennials but learned they were actually gen z and it was a moment of shrug shoulder and pretty much being like, “neat.” Like thinking your astrological sign or zodiac animal was one thing your whole life but was off by one.

      Similar to like 2021/2022 when I started hearing about how terrible gen z workers out of college were because of growing up on tiktok. Gen z in the workforce at that time grew up on Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and Snapchat. Twitter was genz and millennials tertiary social media. When TikTok came out they had been working for years already or just about to finish undergrad college. 2021/2022 gen z who had the brain rot got that well before TikTok became popular

  • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
    9·
    6 months ago

    You can download the Nvidia driver directly from their website

    People who care about privacy wouldn’t use the Nvidia app. (And wouldn’t be on Windows)

    • FoundFootFootage78@lemmy.mlEnglish
      212·
      6 months ago

      Second-world means axis-power (Germany, Hungary, Australia, Italy, Finland, Japan, etc). It doesn’t mean something like “half-way between first-world and third-world” like Latin America or the USA.

      • Coleslaw4145@lemmy.world
        16·
        6 months ago

        Second world doesn’t mean axis powers, it represented the Soviet Union and Soviet aligned countries.

        Its a cold war term. The terms represent the two remaining superpowers after WW2.

        1st world = The US and US aligned countries

        2nd world = Soviet Union and Soviet aligned countries

        3rd world = Non-aligned countries. Which just happened to be mostly under developed countries, which is why the term is now used for that. It didn’t actually mean under developed at first. For example, Switzerland is technically a 3rd world country despite being rich and highly developed.