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   CrudeSausage to vallor   
   Re: Testing the bleeding edge, so you do   
   15 Feb 26 12:45:21   
   
   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On Sun, 15 Feb 2026 02:01:56 +0000, vallor wrote:   
      
   > # ./nvidia-installer --skip-module-load --no-dkms -q --no-unified-memory   
   >   
   > I had to turn off unified memory to get it to build.  No CUDA for me   
   > until the drivers are updated!   
   >   
   > And yes, the Xfce compositor was very blinky-blinky until I ran:   
   >   
   > $ xfwm4 --vblank=off --replace   
   >   
   > BTW, Linux denizens shouldn't be put-off by this, because their distro   
   > will continue to run fine on earlier kernels/drivers.  But somebody has   
   > to test the bleeding edge...so you don't have to.   
      
   This is probably why the Linux Mint approach is the best: only offer the   
   latest kernel once it's been sufficiently tested. To be honest, I don't   
   see the point of having the latest kernel most of the time.   
      
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   CrudeSausage   
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