I want to move to Arch distro and after doing some research and reading a lot of wiki, I decided to try EndeavorOS, the question is do I have to manually install Nvidia drivers from AUR or is it automatically done during OS installation?
My Nvidia can’t get the latest 590 version driver, but it can still use the latest 580 because it has maxwell architecture. My device is a laptop with Intel i5-7200U + Nvidia GeForce 930MX.
The ISO provides choice of Nvidia GPU upon boot up…. I.e., the latest ones vs legacy models. Simply select the choice that fits your model chip vintage and you should be all set. Welcome. Enjoy!
If I’m mistaken, hopefully someone with clearer understanding can correct the record here.
EndeavourOS installer does not support installing drivers from the AUR.
So if you wish to use 580xx, you basically run simple commands
sudo pacman -Syu --needed linux-headers # needed for dkms
yay -Syu nvidia-580xx-dkms
in an installed EndeavourOS system.
The installer installs nouveau open source alternative by default, and that should work too but probably is slower to use.
I hope you enjoy your time here.