Quoting: GuestMaybe they tried that and saw that nvidia drivers binary file change too much between updates, I dont know.

Flathub doesn't host the nvidia driver so it downloads from nvidia.com every time.

This should change in the future: https://github.com/flathub/org.freedesktop.Platform.GL.nvidia/pull/167 [External Link]

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Quoting: Guestnow if they could make that a recognized browser call so you could click a button to add/download/run flatpaks from your browser, and/or if they'd provide files in the normal download section that would also accomplish the same thing

Flathub packager here, it is possible to make a `.flatpakref` file that can install a package in one command/file-opening but these are not auto-generated or exposed for flathub yet but that will probably come eventually.

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Quoting: ErikchtWITHOUT AMD DRIVER THAT USE CATALYST, I cannot switch it by ubuntu to force on steam for linux
I hope this changes with an easy way on Mesa + ubuntu

It is actually so much easier with the open drivers. You can just set the env var DRI_PRIME=1 and an application will use the secondary GPU. More info: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PRIME [External Link]

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Quoting: abelthorneIsn't "pro" for "proprietary", as AMDGPU-PRO is supposed to replace Catalyst?

It replaces Catalyst for "professionals". So users of CAD software, video editing suites, etc that require OpenCL, OpenGL compat mode, support contracts, etc that the open stack doesn't provide.

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Quoting: JohnersCanonical should also provide the same option for AMDGPU-PRO

It is probably best they don't; Adding yet another AMD driver option only confuses consumers and introduces extra variables for developers especially when the pro stack really isn't geared towards them and is, as the name suggests, for professionals.

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