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Re:Console Desktop Guide (2018) by jcelerier on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @02:35AM (#28138776)
IDK but on ArchLinux, with the "nvidia" package installed, I can have multiple ttys, some with X sessions, some with Wayland sessions, some as consoles
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Re:Console Desktop Guide (2018) by lmm on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @03:12AM (#28139000)
Arch Linux means you've probably built a custom kernel, and you won't have the nvidia framebuffer driver unless you deliberately chose to.
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Re:Console Desktop Guide (2018) by jcelerier on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @05:52AM (#28140054)
What ? I use the stock kernel like the immense majority of arch users. This isn't Gentoo lol
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Re:Console Desktop Guide (2018) by jcelerier on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @04:50PM (#28147551)
source: https://pkgstats.archlinux.de/packages#query=linux

72% have the "linux", 40% have "linux-lts". The first "patched" kernel is at 11% of usage

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