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AMDVLK has been discontinued as AMD are throwing their "full support" behind RADV | GamingOnLinux
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I would say no. They're still releasing their proprietary driver on Linux, and it's still generally the better option for most people in most cases. Perhaps that will change in the coming years, but they're still not putting that much effort into supporting NVK; no gaming distro has yet recommended its users switch, for example.
I feel that but it's a very early driver. I gather they hired the original developer of radv not long ago. They're moving to open kernel modules and (I may have misheard this) but are rearchiteching their kernel driver? I would imagine this would be open like amdgpu? They seem to be doing better with Wayland support as well, which is nice on either front.
They appear to be working hard on Linux desktop experience to better support CUDA workflows but it'll benefit people who just want to play games in the long run.