MarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 17 hours agoThis is getting laughably ridiculouslemmy.mlimagemessage-square165fedilinkarrow-up1979arrow-down165
arrow-up1914arrow-down1imageThis is getting laughably ridiculouslemmy.mlMarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 17 hours agomessage-square165fedilink
minus-squareupstroke4448@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·edit-24 hours agoThis seems like it can be easily avoided by just downloading the drivers without using the nvidia app.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoAre you actually able to do that now? You used to not be able to or they were sufficiently hidden.
minus-squareAjen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 minutes agoThey’re hidden in the same sense that the real “download” button is hidden on most torrent sites.
minus-square1371113@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 hours agoThey’ve never been hidden. You just go to the website, put in your model and download it. There’s apps that do it for you now which is where this must be coming from. Still doesn’t change the fact you can directly download the driver.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 minutes agoMaybe they were harder to find on their site like a decade ago when I first got an Nvidia card and I just never tried looking again.
This seems like it can be easily avoided by just downloading the drivers without using the nvidia app.
Are you actually able to do that now? You used to not be able to or they were sufficiently hidden.
They’re hidden in the same sense that the real “download” button is hidden on most torrent sites.
They’ve never been hidden. You just go to the website, put in your model and download it. There’s apps that do it for you now which is where this must be coming from. Still doesn’t change the fact you can directly download the driver.
Maybe they were harder to find on their site like a decade ago when I first got an Nvidia card and I just never tried looking again.