>build gaming pc for friend. >have 7900 xtx. >not supported in mint

>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

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  1. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    something something AMD, drivers, fine wine

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      >GayMD

  2. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    literally just use releases like fedora or non lts ubuntu
    both are updated are easy

  3. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    install gentoo

  4. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    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.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      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.

      >no mouse cursor
      shouldn't have fallen for the wayland meme

      Manjaro with Cinnamon AFAIK uses X11.

      >GayMD

      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.

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        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 fricking mess.

        >manjaro
        wtf, literally the worst arch distro, use EndeavourOS, that's more decent or go mint

        >go mint
        See above and my post I replied to.

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      7900 is for games only anyway.
      Windows is fine then

      4090 begs to differ tho.
      Just works.

      >gaming pc
      >linux

      lol

      lmao even

      I have a purpose-built gaming PC on Linux.
      It's called Steam Deck and it works good.
      Runs Arch, btw.

  5. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    >no mouse cursor
    shouldn't have fallen for the wayland meme

  6. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    >manjaro
    wtf, literally the worst arch distro, use EndeavourOS, that's more decent or go mint

  7. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    >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

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      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.

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        >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.

        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 moronic for a gaming pc since packages are 2 years old.

        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.

        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.

        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.

        • 10 months ago
          Anonymous

          >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

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        What's so fricking 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 fricking up his system when he randomly decides to update packages after six months of not updating anything.

  8. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    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.

  9. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    Use a real Arch distro or OpenSuse Tumbleweed? Anything Debian is moronic for a gaming pc since packages are 2 years old.

  10. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    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.

  11. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    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 fricking 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?

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Seems I am moronic, I "burned" the iso onto USB using dd, used Rufus in Windows and I was able to install.
      Finally, it's over.

  12. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    use the right OS for the right purpose and don't be an autist

    gaming -> windows
    programming -> linux
    being gay -> macos

  13. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    install nobara

  14. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    >gaming pc
    >linux

    lol

    lmao even

  15. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    ahahahaha

  16. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    use arch
    I use arch btw

  17. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    >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.

  18. 10 months ago
    Anonymous

    I hate Windows, but everytime I wrestle with linux to be able to get something working right it's like a homosexual mocking me for not going back to it

    • 10 months ago
      Anonymous

      Eh, it's not like wrestling with Windows is rare. It needs almost 3x the tech support Mac does, just ask IBM. Pic related.

      • 10 months ago
        Anonymous

        I don't give 2 fricks 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 fricking 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 butthole 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 fricking house because I didn't know they didn't like pistachios

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