Hi there! I'm new to linux as a main OS, I've played around in kernels a lot but I am facing issues/doubts about graphics drivers and ditsros.
I have a new laptop with a Ryzen 4800u CPU and I simply put on a tutorial on youtube saying 'what to do after a fresh Ubuntu installation' and it mentions:
use a proprietary graphics driver
Why do people do this? Is the performance that much better?
if I open the menu " additional drivers " it is empty (Yes, I have enabled 'proprietary drivers' in the software tab)
If I try to install anything I run into errors..
Turns out there's tons of issues about this but I'm not sure if it\s actually AMD's fault because of a fairly new chip/ubuntu combination or if it's my fault because I'm new to linux! Please help <3
This article talks about the GPU driver..
And about the distro's, what do you recommend? I was thinking Ubuntu untill I get the hang of it, and then doing some more research about other distro's like Mint
I have a new laptop with a Ryzen 4800u CPU and I simply put on a tutorial on youtube saying 'what to do after a fresh Ubuntu installation' and it mentions:
use a proprietary graphics driver
Why do people do this? Is the performance that much better?
if I open the menu " additional drivers " it is empty (Yes, I have enabled 'proprietary drivers' in the software tab)
If I try to install anything I run into errors..
Turns out there's tons of issues about this but I'm not sure if it\s actually AMD's fault because of a fairly new chip/ubuntu combination or if it's my fault because I'm new to linux! Please help <3
This article talks about the GPU driver..
And about the distro's, what do you recommend? I was thinking Ubuntu untill I get the hang of it, and then doing some more research about other distro's like Mint