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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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AMD vs Nvidia (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am going to buy a new graphics card and can't choose between Nvidia and AMD. I know that Nvidia has bad reputation in Linux community but how really it works? And I heard recently their drivers got better. What can you recommend?

P. S. I don't want any proprietary drivers (so I am talking about Nouveau or any other FOSS Nvidia driver if it exists)

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I don't want any proprietary drivers

So then you don't want any NVIDIA.

The AMD open source Linux driver performs better than their Windows driver. And there is no proprietary AMD Linux driver, the official AMD driver for Linux is open source.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago (2 children)

there is no proprietary AMD Linux driver

I mean, there is. It just isn't recommended for most users.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

didn't know this. is it no good then? does it have the HDMI 2.1 driver missing from the open source driver?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 hours ago

It's the pro driver for workstation use. If you are gaming then you don't need it. The gaming driver is only open source

[–] [email protected] 12 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

the driver is called AMDGPU PRO. it sits on top of the normal driver, and contains stuff specific to high performance compute and workstation workloads. i think it's a requirement for properly fast ROCm but i'm not sure.