I’m new to linux and have been using Linux Mint (Cinnamon) for the past few days. I was using Vivaldi on Windows 11 and I loved it so I decided to also use it on Mint.

However the problem now is it “stutters” a lot. videos stutter, even typing (like right now) it just randomly stutters and pauses. Also sometimes it simply won’t open a new tab. So I don’t know if this is common with Vivaldi or what.

I’m open to using a different browser as long as I can port over my passwords and bookmarks from vivaldi. is there a better alternative?

Thanks.

EDIT: so it wasn’t the browser, it’s the nvidia drivers. the 535 driver is causing it to stutter, tried switching to nouveau drivers and while it solves the stuttering it tanks gaming. tried installing the 550 drivers and it bricked my system. recovered and just going to deal with the stuttering of the 535 for now.

    • Mereo@lemmy.ca
      5·
      5 months ago

      Indeed. Nouveau simply does not have the gaming performance of Nvidia’s proprietary driver.

      • rozodru@lemmy.caOP
        4·
        5 months ago

        So either use Nvidia’s driver and deal with the stuttering or don’t and can’t game. great.

        • zelifcam@lemmy.worldEnglish
          101·
          5 months ago

          You entered the Linux Desktop scene at an awkward time, using an NVIDIA card.

          Linux Mint’s packages are old. I would never recommend anyone to use Mint with an NVIDIA card. Not recently at least.

          We just hit a compatibility point ( this week ) with the NVIDIA drivers and popular DE’s like KDE Plasma and GNOME which provides an excellent Wayland experience. Distro’s like CachyOS and Nobara Linux are probably one of the only ones taking advantage of this so far. Besides those of us who roll their own.

          I have to admit, a proprietary web browser hardly seems like a reason to stress out. If the browser is a deal breaker, is it specific to Mint and whatever version of the driver you had installed?

          • rozodru@lemmy.caOP
            2·
            5 months ago

            it was the nvidia 535 driver. I switched to nouveau and that solved the stuttering/lag. but made gaming suck. so then I tried installing 550 drivers and that just outright bricked my system, recovered and went back to the 535. works for gaming so I’ll just tolerate the stuttering I guess.

            • zelifcam@lemmy.worldEnglish
              62·
              5 months ago

              Well it didn’t “brick” your system. You probably simply got a black screen because the method of installing the latest driver failed. Mint is the wrong distro for gaming on NVIDIA for now.

              I highly recommend Nobara for fedora based or CachyOS for Arch based ( gnome or KDE Plasma). They take special care on things like GFX drivers and auto setup things that might be missed. Also both of those DE’s leverage the latest NVIDIA drivers taking advantage of the latest fixes.

              555.58 is the most recent NVIDIA driver.

              Again, an awkward time.