The proprietary AMD driver (AMDGPU-PRO) is only needed (or even an improvement over the open source version) in a few niche use cases. The majority of users are

The proprietary AMD driver (AMDGPU-PRO) is only needed (or even an improvement over the open source version) in a few niche use cases. The majority of users are better off using the open source driver. > These days our packaged drivers are mostly intended for: > - customers using slower moving enterprise/LTS distros which do not automatically pick up the latest graphics drivers - we offer them both open source and proprietary/workstation options > - customers using workstation apps who need the extra performance/certification from a workstation-oriented driver (although Marek has done a lot of great work over the last year to improve Mesa performance on workstation apps) > The third target audience is customers looking for ready-to-go OpenCL, either for use with the packaged open/closed drivers or with the upstream-based stack in a recent distro. https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/linux-graphics-x-org-drivers/open-source-amd-linux/1316628-radeon-software-for-linux-22-10-driver-being-prepared-for-release#post1316713 https://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/linux-graphics-x-org-d...