For AMD, better than windows
this post was submitted on 02 Jul 2026
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No joke. I don't even know what Mesa driver version I have. I just don't need to know it's all in kernel.
AMD = Awesome!
Nvidia = A heck lot more better than a few years ago. A Many users do not have a problem.
I switched from Win11 to EndeavourOS about 3 years ago. The first 4 months were a bit rough on the nvidia driver side and I had to learn and configure some stuff. Ever since tue nvidia drivers became a lot more robust and I didn't have a single issue.
For the average user, indistinguishable from windows.
What, did Windows somehow get better?
Nvidia RTX on Linux is generally ok, AMD is great
Nvidia cards older than RTX might not be good, their drivers are outdated
I had no issues with my 4060Ti, except DLSS support was spotty - however I read an article that covered Nvidia providing official FOSS support for DLSS, so maybe that's improved. Still having no issues on my laptop with Iris Xe integrated chip set.
amdgpu is good, but I'm still avoiding nvidia stuff for driver reasons.
I still have the last breath of "modernly supported" with an nvidia 2080 that I'm planning to upgrade when something amd is on sale in my budget. So far there are a couple hiccups that are entirely nvidias fault but generally everything runs fine. As far as display and gaming support it's been great. Everything just works on steam et al. Performance has been really good.
I have an rx 7900 xtx. Works like a charm with more fps compared to windows
I run a 4090 on fedora workstation gnome. Rpm fusion makes installation a simple command from the command line - haven’t had a single problem for years.
Yes.
It’s really good, at least for my radeon.