This is an uncharitable interpretation of what I said.

Nvidia doesn't tell me it doesn't work. Linux users do. When I first used Linux for coding all those years ago, my GPU wasn't relevant, nobody mentioned it during my code bootcamp or computer science certification several years ago, and ubuntu and Kubuntu both booted fine.

When I upgraded my GPU, I got Nvidia. It was available and I knew what to expect. Simple as.

Then as W10 (and W11) got increasingly intolerable, I came to Linux communities to learn about using Linux as a Windows replcement, looking into distros like Mint and Garuda, and behold: I come across users saying Linux has compatibility issues with Nvidia. Perhaps because it is 'so well known' most don't think to mention it, I learned about it from a random comment on a meme about gaming.

I also looked into tutorials on getting Affinity design software to work on which distros, and the best I could find was shit like, I finally got it to run so long as I don't [do these three basic functions].

I don't care who started it, I can already believe it's the for-profit company sucking up to genAI. But right now that doesn't help me. I care that it's true and that's the card I have, and I'm still searching for distros that will let me switch and meets work needs and not just browsing or games.

I'm here now, aware that they don't work, still looking for the best solution I can afford, because I did look up Linux.