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[Edward78]

I have GIGABYTE B550I AORUS PRO AX (AM4 AMD/B550/Mini-Itx/Dual M.2/SATA 6Gb/s/USB 3.2 Gen 1/WiFi 6/2.5 GbE LAN/PCIe4.0/Realtek ALC1220-Vb/DisplayPort 1.4/2xHDMI 2.0B/RGB Fusion 2.0/DDR4/Gaming Motherboard) ,AMD Ryzen 7 5800X 8-core, 16-Thread Unlocked 4.7 GHz, TEAMGROUP T-Force Vulcan Z DDR4 32GB (2 x 16GB) 3200MHz (PC4 25600) Ram, EVGA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti XC Gaming, 08G-P5-3663-KL, 8GB GDDR6, Metal Backplate, LHR. Will that be ok? I ask because I installed Mint & it didn't boot. I have heard Nvidia & Linux don't mix.

[skyfishgoo]

linux and nvidia get along just fine for everyday use (GUI, office work, etc) as long as you only rely on the free drivers that come with the linux kernel.

if you want to do more graphically intense things like gaming, CAD or video editing then it would be worth the effort to upgrade to the proprietary drivers.

proprietary nvidia driver install and maintenance can be tedious at times but kubuntu makes it about as painless as it can get for a linux distro.

but first i would recommend installing without any proprietary drivers just to get the desktop up and working, so you have a base of operation.

then from a terminal you can run

ubuntu-drivers devices​

to see which driver is recommended for you GPU

then go to settings > driver manager > additional drivers and pick that driver from the list.

restart the system and you should be using the nvidia drivers with noticeably better performance.