Use nvidia-open instead of nvidia-open-dkms for mainline kernels#4347
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Per @h8d13's suggestion on #4343.
When all selected kernels are mainline (e.g.
linux), installsnvidia-opendirectly instead ofnvidia-open-dkms+dkms+ kernel headers. Faster installs, fewer packages.Non-mainline kernels (
linux-zen,linux-lts, etc.) still get the dkms path with headers as before.