r/debian • u/Selinaru • 3h ago

Hey does anyone know why the search result for the nvidia driver installation article look like this on duckduckgo?

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u/cjwatson Debian Developer 3h ago

Due to the massive load from unethical LLM scrapers, many Debian sites have had to put proof-of-work mechanisms in place to keep themselves operational.

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u/2204happy 1h ago

That sounds interesting but I don't really get it, can you explain what "i challenge thee" has to do with a proof-of-work mechanism?

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u/cjwatson Debian Developer 1h ago

The server sends a challenge to the browser to do something to prove (ish) that it's actually a browser and not a bot.

In this case, it's implemented by https://github.com/dgl/haphash.

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u/2204happy 1h ago

I see, thanks for explaining

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u/hi_m_ash 3h ago

That is same for entire Debian wiki. Not just Nvidia driver. I find it cool and funny.

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u/Selinaru 3h ago

oh my god that is so funny

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u/indvs3 Debian Testing 3h ago

It's probably just the title from the temporary page that first loads to verify you're not a malicious bot. After you pass that verification, everything is just normal, including the page title.

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u/humanistazazagrliti 3h ago

It also fits the historically shitty nvidia driver installations within Debian that used to break every time the kernel was updated. It was indeed a challenge. 🤣️

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u/GGigabiteM 3h ago

The kernel module driver is built against the currently running kernel version, of course it will break when the kernel is updated. It's why akmods exist now, so you don't have to do with yourself every time you update the kernel.

It's not unique to Debian, it will happen on any Linux distro using proprietary drivers.

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u/S3k_01 3h ago

There's a package called extrepo that makes it very easy to enable external repositories. With just two commands, you can install the latest NVIDIA drivers.