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Basically it just works except if you use a bleeding edge distro like Arch where the newest Linux kernels are sometimes still incompatible with the binary only Nvidia driver. Overall the experience is a bit better with an AMD GPU and the open-source drivers though.
Completely agree on the AMD point. I've gone out of my way to only buy AMD for quite a few years now due to their support of the open source driver. Everything just works with no fiddling about with drivers.
Idk. Proprietary Nvidia driver on Debian or vanilla Fedora aren’t easy for non-tech folks either. Last time I tried with Debian was 2018 though.
On Fedora it got super easy as well. Debian is just by design not very friendly to closed-source drivers.
Good to know. Thanks
The biggest unexpected issue I have experienced was caused by kernel and driver mismatch on Manjaro. Nothing like restarting after an update and realizing it won't boot...