One thing among the multiple things I like about GNU/Linux is that most drivers are baked into the kernel, which is nice to plug-n-play out-of-the-box without-headaches-whatsoever.
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If you don't need Vulkan and AMD OpenCL, then you will not have any problems, but if you do, prepare for a long battle especially on older AMD video cards.
I am writing this from my personal experience with this fact.
Actually, I had the best experience using AMD hardware. Even on an old laptop which I-don't-remember-the-reference of the APU (GPU + CPU) I have been able to successfully install the non-free driver and the administration panel to be able to tweak the settings without too much hassle back then.
The worst case I had was with another laptop shipping NVIDIA + Intel and the so called Optimus technology. I now understand the hate that Linus has toward NVIDIA. This was really the only hard time I had with drivers. Since then I only bought AMD hardware for my PC and decided not to play on any laptop anymore to ease the installation of GNU/Linux on some of my laptops.
Thank you for giving us the opportunity to share our experiences!
I am a certified trainer that likes to share my knowledge with the world.
Also, I am an adopter of continuous learning and evolving idea.
https://dev.to/wolfiton/who-am-i-3lj7
One thing among the multiple things I like about GNU/Linux is that most drivers are baked into the kernel, which is nice to plug-n-play out-of-the-box without-headaches-whatsoever.
If you don't need Vulkan and AMD OpenCL, then you will not have any problems, but if you do, prepare for a long battle especially on older AMD video cards.
I am writing this from my personal experience with this fact.
Thanks for sharing your experience @aminnairi
Actually, I had the best experience using AMD hardware. Even on an old laptop which I-don't-remember-the-reference of the APU (GPU + CPU) I have been able to successfully install the non-free driver and the administration panel to be able to tweak the settings without too much hassle back then.
The worst case I had was with another laptop shipping NVIDIA + Intel and the so called Optimus technology. I now understand the hate that Linus has toward NVIDIA. This was really the only hard time I had with drivers. Since then I only bought AMD hardware for my PC and decided not to play on any laptop anymore to ease the installation of GNU/Linux on some of my laptops.
Thank you for giving us the opportunity to share our experiences!
Glad I could write this article and share our experiences with it.