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[–] skabbywag02@lemm.ee 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Switched to Linux from Windows this year and Nvidia has taken the largest share of hardware troubleshooting. I'm open to ditching Nvidia for my next pc build.

Is there a GPU brand that is more Linux friendly or is this just a manufacturer wide problem given the amount of different Linux distros and smaller market?

[–] Obnomus@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

It's nvidia issue tbh, amd follows the Linux kernel rules and see people have fun with amd. I'm using a nvidia gpu on Linux and I hate nvidia for removing some featuers but they do this only on budget or weak mobile gpus on Linux. Like they removed the ability to set a custom temp for gpu but this applies only on weak or budget gpus, if you have a flagship gpu you get all the features.

[–] ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago

AMD drivers are open source and built into the kernel. You should have very little problems with team red on linux. From what I've seen the new Intel cards work pretty well too.

Nvidia is known for their problems on Linux.