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Just so we're clear, you don't feel like shelling for Microsoft but are okay to do so for NVIDIA? Don't get me wrong, I also want a system that just works and I had never had a problem with using proprietary drivers, but if this doesn't get "fixed" by the time that kernel becomes stable I'm switching to open source rather than keep an outdated kernel version, and I'm switching to AMD asap. Over a decade ago I switched to NVIDIA for a similar reason, and I discovered back then that it's just not worth fighting against a proprietary driver that doesn't co-operate with the system.
I’m still rocking the Windows 10 education license I got for “free” through college, but once Microsoft deprecates it I’ll consider switching to Linux. I have a Nvida card I got a long time ago, and I’d prefer to keep using it if possible. I haven’t looked into upgrading yet but when I do I’ve got to shell out no matter what brand I pick.
Depending on the card and your use case the open source drivers might be good enough, although more modern NVIDIA cards are clock locked to the proprietary driver. Nevertheless it's almost a guarantee that NVIDIA will do something before this kernel goes live for any major distro.
In short NVIDIA has been a crappy company in Linux support unfortunately until very recently they were the least worse option, but now with all of the other manufacturers open sourcing their drivers and not locking their GPUs NVIDIA is less and less appealing so the kernel developers can start to push back against their bullshit.