Amateur Linux Hour

[jeff7989]

About once a decade, I have the notion to upgrade my graphics to improve the wow-factor of a couple games. I'm there again. Last purchase (almost a decade and a half ago) was a Radeon HD 7770. Between then and now, I've used integrated on Sky Lake i7 and my current Ryzen 5700G, which does just about everything I want.

I probably want AMD because less graphics wrangling, or at least that's what I figure, being comfy with amdgpu. Maybe, though, I can go with nVidia? I don't use discrete graphics often, so I don't know much about this field any more, hence the Amateur Linux thread.

What's the best value in this sector right now? And how much of a headache is it to run on Debian Bookworm/12, which is my daily driver? Not opposed to becoming an nVidiot, but I know less about nVidia than AMD, especially wrt. Lunix.

AMD works out of the box, unless you want to play around with "AI".
What's your budget? New or used? You don't need more than 7800XT honestly, performance wise,
6700 XT if used, hell even 5700XT for 200 bucks.
Gone are the days of fglrx, that was a proper shitshow.

 

[analrapist]

What's your budget? New or used? You don't need more than 7800XT honestly, performance wise,
6700 XT if used, hell even 5700XT for 200 bucks.

I deliberately avoided mentioning budget as I'm more interested in where y'all think the "best value" price point lies. Your suggestions are probably a little on the pricey side, but whatever. Thanks for responding anyhow. A second-hand 5700XT seems pretty squarely where my value target is.

 

[seri0us]

my current Ryzen 5700G

A second-hand 5700XT seems pretty squarely where my value target is.

I've been looking at upgrades too and whether or not I can get the CPU and GPU names to match up is more influential than I'd like to admit.

 

[jONALD]

I managed to snag a 3080TI for 345$ by somehow pissing off a former friend for buying an extra power supply unit. upgrading from a 1080ti to a 3080ti feels pretty good and it has been running great on my Slackware install.

 

[Betonhaus]

I discovered something called dockstarter that seems to be an easier way to set up a home server using docker as a base, it looks to be far better then Swizzin, if I can figure it out

 

[spurggist]

I'm gonna have to switch to Linux by the end of the year but the tricky part is having Nvidia and also a wifi adapter that probably isn't supported. I suppose I'll have to find one that is compatible with both.

 

[Betonhaus]

I'm gonna have to switch to Linux by the end of the year but the tricky part is having Nvidia and also a wifi adapter that probably isn't supported. I suppose I'll have to find one that is compatible with both.

Try Linux Mint to start with. It has a built in tool for handling proprietary drivers

 

[ZMOT]

also a wifi adapter that probably isn't supported

depends on the chipset, look it up and check. most likely someone somewhere already wrote something about it.

 

[Carpe Jugulum]

I'm gonna have to switch to Linux by the end of the year but the tricky part is having Nvidia and also a wifi adapter that probably isn't supported. I suppose I'll have to find one that is compatible with both.

I have a 3080 and have never looked back. Use proprietary drivers. Can’t help with wifi as I use powerline adapters.

 

[spurggist]

Try Linux Mint to start with. It has a built in tool for handling proprietary drivers

Is it quite new user friendly? I'd be using it mainly for gaming but also music recording if audacity is compatible.

 

[spurggist]

I have a 3080 and have never looked back. Use proprietary drivers. Can’t help with wifi as I use powerline adapters.

Which distro did you go with?

 

[Frederica Bernkastel]

I'm gonna have to switch to Linux by the end of the year but the tricky part is having Nvidia and also a wifi adapter that probably isn't supported. I suppose I'll have to find one that is compatible with both.

Use this

 

[Betonhaus]

Is it quite new user friendly? I'd be using it mainly for gaming but also music recording if audacity is compatible.

it's probably the best.
It's core is built on Ubuntu, a heavily supported distro that uses a highly stable distro as it's base but adds better support for new hardware and software
But it removes the more controversial elements such as snaps, and has a in-house desktop environment that is designed to mimic windows and be flexible intuitive to people migrating from linux.
It is also heavily supported, which ensures that it's code is as stable and reliable as possible, with a community willing to provide help for any issue you may have. it even has a built in community chat helpline in the welcome app.
It is one of the more popular distros that focuses on user friendliness without being limiting. That makes it more approachable than bigger distros that make intuitive choices like using GNOME, while being more stable and supported than smaller distros which don't have the community needed to refine and debug their code.

 

[Carpe Jugulum]

Which distro did you go with?

Started with Garuda, ran Mint on a second drive and now EndeavourOS. Mint is a very good newbie distro. I cannot speak for your audio work but between lutris and steam; I have ran any vidya I wanted to. There is some games that just will not work but gaming on Linux continues to come on in leaps and bounds thanks to the work Valve is putting in.

If you can; dual boot. It’s exceedingly rare I have to use Windows but it’s there if I need it.

 

[geckogoy]

I still highly recommend LMDE as superior to the ubuntu based version of mint

 

[WhiteNight]

I still highly recommend LMDE as superior to the ubuntu based version of mint

One limitation is that Mint is available with three desktop environments, MATE, Cinnamon, and Xfce4, while LMDE only offers Cinnamon.

 

[Betonhaus]

One limitation is that Mint is available with three desktop environments, MATE, Cinnamon, and Xfce4, while LMDE only offers Cinnamon.

Consisting that 90% of what makes Linux Mint Linux Mint is Cinnamon, I fail to see the downside.

I'd say the only real difference you may ever notice is that the older Debian kernel won't have support for new hardware like Intel Arc GPUs. You can install an experimental kernel but that sacrifices stability and is a high level of complexity for new users.

 

[ParasiteSteve]

Just use a proper OS like Windows and you no longer have to waste your life away trying to fix shit some tranny broke. It's a better use of your time. Also, you will not have to spend your entire life trying to convince Windows users that Linux is worth using for the handful of shitty programs that actually run on it.

Pick smart, not tranny shit.

 

[Betonhaus]

Just use a proper OS like Windows and you no longer have to waste your life away trying to fix shit some tranny broke. It's a better use of your time. Also, you will not have to spend your entire life trying to convince Windows users that Linux is worth using for the handful of shitty programs that actually run on it.

Pick smart, not tranny shit.

Windows is more then capable of breaking itself among all the advertising, faggot flags in the search, and forcing you to reboot at the least opportune moment

 

[Jotch]

Just use a proper OS like Windows and you no longer have to waste your life away trying to fix shit some tranny broke. It's a better use of your time. Also, you will not have to spend your entire life trying to convince Windows users that Linux is worth using for the handful of shitty programs that actually run on it.

Pick smart, not tranny shit.

It's a series of costs you pay up front that pays back dividends over the following years.
That's not accounting for the practical education you get figuring these things out.
I suspect people like you are the same people who complain loudly in public school about how pointless math is.