Installing the proprietary Nvidia driver on Fedora Linux is a pain in the butt! But it doesn’t have to be. Here’s a simple guide on how to install it.
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RPM Fusion Instructions:
Discord:
Update: I forgot to mention it in this video, but as of writing Wayland is bugged on Linux. Weird stutters and screen glitches happen. And for my viewers, SteamVR just doesn’t work. So you’ll need to install an X11 desktop environment. My personal favorite is KDE Plasma, and the X11 version of it can be downloaded with the following command: sudo dnf install plasma-workspace-x11
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Time Stamps & Commands
00:45 – Updating packages
01:22 – Disable extra boot devices
01:57 – Determine GPU model
Desktop GPU: /sbin/lspci | grep -e VGA
Laptop GPU: /sbin/lspci | grep -e 3D
03:06 – Secure boot and akmods
sudo dnf install kmodtool akmods mokutil openssl
sudo kmodgenca -a
sudo mokutil –import /etc/pki/akmods/certs/public_key.der
systemctl reboot
05:01 – Enroll MOK
05:31 – Installing Nvidia Driver
sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia
05:52 – CUDA / NVENC
sudo dnf install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda
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