On 2018-05-08 06:42, David C. Rankin wrote:
On 05/07/2018 02:57 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
Remember that we are talking laptops, which typically means hybrid nvidia-intel graphics, and these are a pain.
On a laptop, I have had better luck with Nvidia. AMD will just draw a line in the sand and stop producing drivers for all video cards before model X (recall the fglrx debacle on 10/2008?) The only issue with Nvidia cards is whether you use the nouveau or proprietary drivers. Both use different /sys/class/backlight interfaces so you can lose backlight (screen brightness) control. (it's still there -- what you have to do to make it work changes)
Pure Intel graphics are also well supported out of the box.
With 42.2, I ran the Nvidia propriety drivers, for 42.3 I haven't bothered with the install. Nouveau performance is fine for my purposes. If I load compiz, then I switch, but I don't game, so FPS isn't really an issue. Video and 2D graphics is fine with either. No problems either way. (except hacking how /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0/brightness gets set, or change to xrandr control)
I agree that pure Nvidia setups are no problem. So are (most) pure Intel graphics. But hybrids are a pain, and those are the most common things sold out there. Wait, there have been problems for a year with I don't remember which Intel graphics chipset. On the other hand, AMD has been playing nice to Linux lately, so I heard. -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 42.3 x86_64 "Malachite" at Telcontar)