>build gaming pc for friend
>have 7900 xtx
>not supported in mint
>no mouse cursor in manjaro, even with proprietary drivers
>arch or other even more bleeding edge distro too advanced for the owner of PC
i tried loonixsisters, but it looks like it'll be windows 10 for him
something something AMD, drivers, fine wine
>GayMD
literally just use releases like fedora or non lts ubuntu
both are updated are easy
install gentoo
Here's a hint: don't buy hardware that is less than 1-year old if you want to use mainstream distros without compiling and maintaining a custom kernel. Why do you think buying used is recommended here? It's because Linux support often sucks on new hardware.
Noted for future.
Was actually planning on going with Windows 10 for him, but I recently migrated to Mint and, for some reason, my friend said to go ahead and use Linux.
Manjaro with Cinnamon AFAIK uses X11.
kek
I reinstalled Mint and this time skipped updating the kernel to 6.1 (some dude said it was required for 79xx on Linux) and instead just installed the Linux driver for Ubuntu from AMD, which previously failed to install (due to newer kernel).
Glmark2 passes with flying colors, trying out Steam now.
OpenGL works (a whooping 877 fps in ulletical's CSGO benchmark!) but Vulkan doesn't, which means that Proton implementations that rely on Vulkan don't work either.
vulkaninfo --summary only shows the CPU renderer and also shows me
>This version of RADV does not support RDNA3 yet. (VK_ERROR_INCOMPATIBLE_DRIVER)
Trying to install Vulkan with sudo amdgpu-install --vulkan=amdvlk makes vulkaninfo segfault.
Weirdly enough, glxinfo reports a Mesa 22.3.0-devel whereas vulkaninfo report a Mesa 22.2.5.
Using Mesa from kicak's PPA makes Steam complain about missing features.
What a fucking mess.
>go mint
See above and my post I replied to.
7900 is for games only anyway.
Windows is fine then
4090 begs to differ tho.
Just works.
I have a purpose-built gaming PC on Linux.
It's called Steam Deck and it works good.
Runs Arch, btw.
>no mouse cursor
shouldn't have fallen for the wayland meme
>manjaro
wtf, literally the worst arch distro, use EndeavourOS, that's more decent or go mint
>has bleeding edge hardware
>not using an rolling-release distro
>not using an custom kernel
>thinks arch is too hard, but it's literally RTM
Skill issue
Which part of
>gaming pc for friend
and
>too advanced for the owner of PC
do you not understand?
Sound like you have a skill issue with language.
Anyways (sic), trying out Ubuntu 23.04 now.
>Anyways (sic), trying out Ubuntu 23.04 now.
I had a /home partition set up, deleted the existing user folder (after backing up common steamapps into another folder on the same partition) and Ubuntu's installer created a user folder belonging to root.
It was empty and no settings were applied, meaning I couldn't even change keyboard layout without manually setting the owner of the user folder in /home to user:user, which also explains the welcome message repeatedly showing up after every reboot and some other preferences script crashing due to missing permissions.
I've given up on Linux. Writing Windows 10 to a USB disk as I type, told my friend we can try Mint in a year or two again.
Eh, I'm aware of the facts.
If Mint would work with the hardware, it'd be perfect. I use it with a 2700X and an RX 580X and it just works out of the box.
>I've given up on Linux. Writing Windows 10 to a USB disk as I type, we can try Mint in a year or two again.
KEK I DID THIS THE OTHER DAY
What's so fucking hard about using a rolling release distro? Just tell your friend to update shit regularly. If he can't do that, then it's simply not for him, because his Linux adventure will inevitably end with him fucking up his system when he randomly decides to update packages after six months of not updating anything.
Try openSUSE Tumbleweed, it's a lot easier than Arch and very bleeding edge. If you have to reinstall your OS anyway it's worth a shot.
Use a real Arch distro or OpenSuse Tumbleweed? Anything Debian is retarded for a gaming pc since packages are 2 years old.
Use what works best for you and your friend. And using Linux for gaming is lunacy, because even if games work, primary support goes to Windows. Also, avoid installing any software for your friend, especially if he can't administer it by himself. Otherwise, be ready to become his tech support for life.
Holy shit, why is Windows such a shitshow?
Windows 10 22H2 doesn't recognize a Samsnug 970 EVO Plus NVMe and asks for an installer and fucking Samsung only gives me a stupid installer as an .exe and their driver installer guide shows how to install it on AN EXISTING WINDOWS SYSTEM.
Wtf are these people smoking?
Seems I am retarded, I "burned" the iso onto USB using dd, used Rufus in Windows and I was able to install.
Finally, it's over.
use the right OS for the right purpose and don't be an autist
gaming -> windows
programming -> linux
being gay -> macos
install nobara
>gaming pc
>linux
lol
lmao even
ahahahaha
use arch
I use arch btw
>no mouse cursor in manjaro, even with proprietary drivers
I had the same problem when I bought the same GPU a couple months ago. You can fix it by enabling the software cursor.
FYI, the bug's already been fixed in later driver versions, but I guess Manjaro's packages are lagging behind.
I hate Windows, but everytime I wrestle with linux to be able to get something working right it's like a gay mocking me for not going back to it
Eh, it's not like wrestling with Windows is rare. It needs almost 3x the tech support Mac does, just ask IBM. Pic related.
I don't give 2 fucks about that, I understand Windows has issues. But to me it's getting rid of 2 annoyances or 3 which I know how to tackle vs. having to keep a fucking log of the things I do on linux to make my system just work acceptably well, and sometimes I cannot for the love of everything that is sacred find a solution to my problems at all. It is a bit maddening at times. It's like dealing with an annoying predictable asshole for years that will yell at me for the same reasons everyday vs. this very nice person on the outside that one day will just burn my fucking house because I didn't know they didn't like pistachios