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Can you elaborate on why Nvidia is especially good? I've mostly seen AMD being recommended before (though both generally work fine).
No, I was just saying that with Nvidia, the need for the latest Mesa and kernel is lessened somewhat since you'll most likely be using the proprietary drivers instead. With AMD, its pretty important to be on the latest Mesa and latest kernel, especially for newer AMD GPUs. On Ubuntu, this usually means adding a bunch of additional PPAs, whereas on other distros like Fedora and Arch, those driver updates just come through the regular system updates.
On the subject of AMD vs Nvidia in general, it really depends on your usecase. I feel like a lot of Linux users on Reddit and the Fediverse are really biased towards AMD while being blind to the cons of owning an AMD card. It basically boils down to:
AMD Pros
Nvidia Pros
Corporate loyalty is stupid and should be left on Reddit. Make your own decision based on your personal needs. Anecdotally, I own both AMD (Vega 7 and Radeon 680M) and Nvidia (RTX 3090) hardware. AMD tends to be less stable in my experience, but I know others have experienced the opposite.
Ah, thanks for clearing that up. Will keep that in mind when I'm finally upgrading my system.
I think they're saying that Nvidia hardware doesn't benefit from being at the bleeding edge, so stable, LTS style distros will also work just fine.
As far as AMD vs Nvidia today, I can confidently say that you'll have a far better time with an AMD GPU at the bleeding edge.