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Created Mar 29, 2021 by anonym@anonymMaintainer

Prefer Intel over Nvidia graphics to avoid nouveau

There are several reasons to prefer Intel graphics over Nvidia due the poor state of the nouveau driver:

  • Power drain issues: #18044 (closed)
  • Driver instability: a lot of graphics issues are reported to Helpdesk, and they often have Nvidia cards in use
  • Poor support for recent hardware (my impression is that it's way worse compared to support for recent Intel hardware)

So, for systems with an Intel + Nvidia combo, preferring to use the Intel card seems like it can avoid exposing users to a bunch of pain.

We could even consider preferring Intel cards over AMD too, since recent chipsets probably have spotty support as well, which could be investigated.

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