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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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AMD vs Nvidia (self.linux)

submitted 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) by user_naa to c/[email protected]

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I am going to buy a new graphics card and can't choose between Nvidia and AMD. I know that Nvidia has bad reputation in Linux community but how really it works? And I heard recently their drivers got better. What can you recommend?

P. S. I don't want any proprietary drivers (so I am talking about Nouveau or any other FOSS Nvidia driver if it exists)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 22 hours ago

Why are you avoiding proprietary drivers? Will using them damage you in some way?

Until Intel and AMD figure out a way to deliver feature parity, the only factor is choosing a card should be "does it do the thing I need?". An example use-case for me is having CUDA cores for Blender renders.

I've been using Linux for 30 years, and (notwithstanding laptops that only had CPU graphics) I've used nVidia cards the entire time. I get the driver's from APT, and never had any issues.