What GPU issues were you having btw? If they’re driver related you could use a distro that has Nvidia drivers baked into the ISO by default like pop_os, just use their Nvidia ISO for the install.
AMD actually, newer 7900 xtx I think. It wasn’t a problem with the Linux desktop environment, but games crashing. At the time I didn’t have much time or patience to get it set up :/
Win 11 just isn’t going to happen though, too many good options now. If something doesn’t work by then 🤷♂️, guess it isn’t that important.
I’m both an AMD (7900XT) and NixOS user. AMD drivers are known for being a bit wonky when they’re brand-new on Linux.
I continue to have a particularly bad experience with anything Flatpak (I chalk that up to its Ubuntu influences, rather than Linux in general), but everything else works perfectly.
Thank you, I can’t remember what I did try though, and it had been a while since I had Linux as my primary OS. I was still trying to figure out how proton worked with steam and whatnot.
By the time I get around to trying it again my card will be sufficiently aged I probably won’t need to worry about it :D
7900xt user here on Ubuntu lts: what worked for me was finding some Valve engineer’s ppa that has mesa drivers with modern chip support. I was honestly pretty pissed at how much work it was to get my gpu working in Linux after hearing so much about how good it has gotten. My experience was basically the same as ten years ago: a pain in the ass.
What GPU issues were you having btw? If they’re driver related you could use a distro that has Nvidia drivers baked into the ISO by default like pop_os, just use their Nvidia ISO for the install.
AMD actually, newer 7900 xtx I think. It wasn’t a problem with the Linux desktop environment, but games crashing. At the time I didn’t have much time or patience to get it set up :/
Win 11 just isn’t going to happen though, too many good options now. If something doesn’t work by then 🤷♂️, guess it isn’t that important.
Do you mind if I ask what you had tried to fix it? You could try using mesa-git for the latest bleeding edge driver’s for that new of a card.
I’m both an AMD (7900XT) and NixOS user. AMD drivers are known for being a bit wonky when they’re brand-new on Linux.
I continue to have a particularly bad experience with anything Flatpak (I chalk that up to its Ubuntu influences, rather than Linux in general), but everything else works perfectly.
Thank you, I can’t remember what I did try though, and it had been a while since I had Linux as my primary OS. I was still trying to figure out how proton worked with steam and whatnot.
By the time I get around to trying it again my card will be sufficiently aged I probably won’t need to worry about it :D
7900xt user here on Ubuntu lts: what worked for me was finding some Valve engineer’s ppa that has mesa drivers with modern chip support. I was honestly pretty pissed at how much work it was to get my gpu working in Linux after hearing so much about how good it has gotten. My experience was basically the same as ten years ago: a pain in the ass.
I will say it’s working great now though.