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Nvidia is still much more reliable than Radeon on Linux.

• bravetraveler 3y ago
  That hasn't been my experience, but like with choices - experiences vary. In my case... this has mostly been with desktop/discrete GPUs. I've been burned by enough laptops with mobile cards that I just stick with integrated; Linux does/did so poorly with Optimus or whatever dual high/low power GPU tech that I never bought another. I'm a little doubtful, largely because AMD contributes to the kernel/mesa far more than Nvidia. There's no Linux monolith to support this; not all distributions are equally current. I've had discrete cards from all of the major vendors for the last few generations for VFIO testing on Linux on mainline kernels. Intel/AMD have generally been more reliable (for me) and quicker to adopt standards. If you run an LTS or something with generally older software, Nvidia is probably fine and dandy. It's a regular routine to have to wait for them to support new kernels. Yes, I know about DKMS, no it isn't always sufficient.