System:
Kernel: 6.8.0-53-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.6 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin dm: LightDM
Distro: Linux Mint 22.1 Xia base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING v: Rev X.0x
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU UEFI: American Megatrends v: 5013
date: 03/18/2024
CPU:
Info: 12-core model: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2
rev: 0 cache: L1: 768 KiB L2: 6 MiB L3: 64 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2321 high: 3800 min/max: 2200/4672 boost: enabled cores:
1: 2200 2: 2200 3: 2200 4: 2051 5: 2200 6: 2200 7: 2200 8: 2200 9: 2200
10: 2200 11: 2200 12: 2200 13: 2200 14: 2200 15: 2200 16: 2200 17: 3800
18: 2200 19: 2200 20: 2200 21: 2200 22: 2200 23: 2057 24: 3800
bogomips: 182408
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Lite Hash Rate]
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 550.120 arch: Ampere pcie:
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: DP-1,DP-2
empty: DP-3,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2489
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X:
loaded: nouveau unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa failed: nvidia
gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 96
Monitor-1: DP-0 size-res: N/A
Monitor-2: DP-2 pos: primary res: 2560x1440 dpi: 108 diag: 690mm (27.15")
API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: swrast
surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia inactive: gbm,wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 550.120
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 08:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 0a:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487
Device-3: Focusrite-Novation Scarlett 2i2 4th Gen driver: snd-usb-audio
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 1235:8219
Device-4: PreSonus Audio ATOM driver: snd-usb-audio type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 5-1:2 chip-ID: 194f:0206
Device-5: Blue Microphones Yeti Stereo Microphone
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 bus-ID: 5-2:3 chip-ID: b58e:9e84
API: ALSA v: k6.8.0-53-generic status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active
Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: off (using pipewire-pulse)
Network:
Device-1: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: ASUSTeK driver: igb v: kernel
pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:1539
IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: ASUSTek Broadcom BCM20702A0 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 0b05:17cb
Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 4.0
lmp-v: 6 sub-v: 220e
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.27 TiB used: 165.04 GiB (7.1%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 970 EVO 500GB
size: 465.76 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> temp: 42.9 C
ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 QVO 2TB size: 1.82 TiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 921.69 GiB used: 165.01 GiB (17.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 95 MiB used: 32.7 MiB (34.4%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
file: /swapfile
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0 C mobo: 38.0 C gpu: nvidia temp: 48 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Repos:
Packages: 2166 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2160 pm: flatpak pkgs: 6
No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/1password.list
1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/1password-archive-keyring.gpg] https://downloads.1password.com/linux/debian/amd64 stable main
Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com xia main upstream import backport
2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse
3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse
4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse
5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse
Info:
Memory: total: 64 GiB note: est. available: 62.7 GiB used: 4.1 GiB (6.5%)
Processes: 470 Power: uptime: 15m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 255
target: graphical (5) default: graphical
Compilers: gcc: 13.3.0 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.21 running-in: gnome-terminal
inxi: 3.3.34

I've been using Linux Mint for 2 weeks now. Everything worked out of the box. No nVidia driver problem, controller works fine, can't speak for Bluetooth since I don't use it.
I only scratched my head on the Joplin synchronization with my phone using Syncthing, which was fixed after maybe 10min of tinkering.
Haven't rebooted to my backup windows install since.
10/10 would recommend.

Dude, I have the exact same steam configuration in Windows, and my controller works. Tell me that's not a Linux issue

Wow telling someone to calm down and claiming they are a kid. Really helpful. Thank you.

Linux Mint is recommended for everyone as the first distro to try. How did I make the wrong decision there?

Nvidia isn't supported well on Windows. A touch of Google fu would have told you that.

I wasn't trying to help lol. You acting out and throwing a tantrum dictated how I responded.

I would have no idea how to set that up. I already tried creating a VM within linux for windows, and it went very poorly

And Bluetooth devices count as hardware. You bitched about that too.

So all of this can be traced back to using a NVIDIA gpu and having to use secure boot?

Got it. I appreciate your response

Not the guy your responding to and I 100% get your frustration, but I want to provide a little anecdote.

Back in November, I built a new desktop to replace my 7 year old one and put OpenSUSE on it. No matter what I tried, I could not get either Bluetooth or WiFi working. I tried updating drivers, restarting controllers, reinstalling the OS, replacing the OS with Mint. Nothing worked.

I did a lot of searching over the next few days, and it turned out that my motherboard was so new that it's built in WiFi chip did not have Linux drivers yet. Like at all.

Most products aren't created with Linux in mind, so compatibility isn't a concern. It's up to the community to create patches & drivers to make things work, and it can take a bit to get things working.

I'm genuinely sorry you had the experience you did, but I hope that if you do return to Windows that you'll give Linux another try in the future. Search your products to see if others have had issues, along with potential solutions, before you dive in.

Nvidia isn't responsible for the other issues you have... Did you do any research about your hardware and Linux compatibility?

Bluetooth will be whatever wireless chipset you're using likely.

Properly dual booting is much more difficult than starting a vm. Starting a vm is as simple as installing boxes and choosing the iso.

By not doing proper research. And "everyone" is a stretch. Had I been involves in suggesting a distro I would have asked what hardware they had.

Why do you need SecureBoot?

That's what atomic distros are for. Detecting problems at the development level, not the user level. Might give one of them a try. And get rid of the dual boot, that's just pain in the ass

Why does secure boot need to stay on?

Even so, you should be able to sign the drivers and use the boot shim if you really want to go through that process.

Thanks for the thoughtful response, and not chastising me like half the other people in this thread. Yes it's been very frustrating because I want to switch full time. I don't understand how I am having these issues on a reinstall of Linux, when my first install had none of these issues.

Thanks for the response