My next build is going to be AMD GPU and CPU with nixOS. I heard GPU support for Linux is better with AMD cards, but honestly haven’t delved into it whether it holds any truth or not.

[–] Joker@piefed.social 23 points 4 weeks ago (15 children)

It’s generally easier because the drivers are built in. Nvidia is perfectly usable, but it’s more susceptible to breaking during kernel updates. It’s not as bad as everyone makes it sound though. That said, AMD is usually the way to go on Linux unless your use case requires Nvidia.

[–] DeprecatedCompatV2@programming.dev 8 points 4 weeks ago (12 children)

I use it because I need HDMI :/

[–] shadowedcross@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

What does that have to do with needing NVIDIA?

[–] davidgro@lemmy.world 10 points 4 weeks ago

Something about AMD not being able to license the HDMI protocol in a way that allows open source code.

The main Nvidia driver that people use is proprietary, so it doesn't have that problem

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 10 points 4 weeks ago

The newer versions of HDMI aren't supported on AMD cards due to licencing issues.

[–] 9tr6gyp3@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Obviously AMD and Intel don't include HDMI on their cards.

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