GeForce Now Brings GeForce RTX Gaming to Linux PCs

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Post by pjmlp » Thu, Jan 29, 2026, 3:51 PM UTC

GeForce Now Brings GeForce RTX Gaming to Linux PCs
blogs.nvidia.com

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Post by rocketvole » Thu, Jan 29, 2026, 4:43 PM UTC

dang, I thought for a second that they were "Now" getting serious about drivers for linux.

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Post by Festivity1299 » Thu, Jan 29, 2026, 5:01 PM UTC

While its not good drivers, it's still a step in the right direction whenever a company provides a native linux build.

I am so excited for the steam machines to come out. The steam deck moved the needle in a massive way and I'm hoping for the same.

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Post by scoopdewoop » Thu, Jan 29, 2026, 6:18 PM UTC

You'll own nothing and be happy

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Post by duffyjp » Thu, Jan 29, 2026, 6:52 PM UTC

rocketvole wrote: post #2

dang, I thought for a second that they were "Now" getting serious about drivers for linux.

I don't know if it's me, but right now nvidia on Linux is the least stable it's ever been. I have two desktops, one dedicated Linux box and one I dual boot. On the Linux only one I bought a dirt cheap ($30) Radeon Pro WX 3200 so my system won't crash constantly. I still have the nvidia card for CUDA stuff. It's working great for what I do.

I have a second used Radeon on the way for the other system. It's insane, but this is the only solution. If my monitor turns off or I switch inputs, I can't get it back when connected to the nvidia cards. I've done every troubleshooting step I can find, it's just a broken ecosystem.

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Post by s09dfhks » Thu, Jan 29, 2026, 7:04 PM UTC

Interesting that they chose to showcase Battlefield 6 in the release video when that game uses Kernel level anti cheat that prevents you from playing on Linux?

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Post by Ethee » Thu, Jan 29, 2026, 7:09 PM UTC

s09dfhks wrote: post #7

Interesting that they chose to showcase Battlefield 6 in the release video when that game uses Kernel level anti cheat that prevents you from playing on Linux?

This press piece is specifically about their client software for streaming. The actual host PC is likely a Windows PC specifically for these kinds of compatibility purposes I'd imagine.

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Post by pjmlp » Thu, Jan 29, 2026, 7:52 PM UTC

rocketvole wrote: post #2

dang, I thought for a second that they were "Now" getting serious about drivers for linux.

They are serious about Linux drivers, after all their main research OS is a Linux distribution.

Which is naturally not what the FOSS community wants.

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Post by p_l » Thu, Jan 29, 2026, 7:54 PM UTC

Ethee wrote: post #8

s09dfhks wrote: post #7

Interesting that they chose to showcase Battlefield 6 in the release video when that game uses Kernel level anti cheat that prevents you from playing on Linux?

This press piece is specifically about their client software for streaming. The actual host PC is likely a Windows PC specifically for these kinds of compatibility purposes I'd imagine.

Some time ago, The server side of GeForce Now utilizes VMs running on servers with partitioned Quadro cards, with each partition assigned to one client VM running prepared Windows machine