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* Kernel itself (I usually build newest release, testing gets kernels with quite some delay).
* Firmware from upstream kernel repo (for AMD GPU). This one is updated in Debian very rarely.
* Mesa main for gaming (not replacing system Mesa).
* Wine from WineHQ Debian repo.
* vkd3d-proton / dxvk master from upstream.
* Firefox beta from Mozilla Linux build.
Other than that, I use what's in Debian repos.
Last edited by Shmerl on 27 February 2023 at 8:58 pm UTC
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I recently switched from Manjaro to Fedora and so far I see no reason to go back to either Arch based or Debian based distros.
Last edited by Julius on 1 March 2023 at 8:43 pm UTC
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But I also tend to use Debian Sid.
Garuda Linux is also really cool if you like Arch, but want something overly psychedelic.
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I've been using Manjaro and Arch as my main system since 2013, and any problem I've had it would have been as bad or worse on a "stable" distro.
Last edited by lucinos on 2 March 2023 at 3:35 am UTC
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I don't see an issue with using kernel and Mesa that way. Nvidia isn't making it better, in fact it's worse because they don't follow kernel releases strictly. You may end up in situation when your new (usually very recent) hardware requires kernel X and Nvidia blob only supports kernel Y which is older. With AMD that's impossible.
Last edited by Shmerl on 2 March 2023 at 5:17 am UTC
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It has gotten better with AMD after they opened stuff so it's all in mesa/kernel. But then you're in the position with what you deal with. You know what I deal with? 1) the bleeding edge nvidia cards definitely are supported quick in the drivers, and they get put into experimental at the very least, usually the drop into sid (which I'm using anyhow) or if you're running stable, they'll fall into backports. They haven't broken kernel compilation in ages. It's probably been 6 or so years since I remember having to download the .run driver install from their site to get a new video card to work.
Really what it comes down to is both have their pluses and minuses. A lot of it depends on what distribution you use as well. Debian makes installing the nvidia driver dead simple.
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I think I remember some news not so long ago that it took a while for Nvidia to support newest kernel. Whether you are affected by it or not totally would depend on hardware that needs such kernel. If your hardware isn't affected - you won't notice the problem. Point is that for Nvidia it's possible with their current approach.
Also, if you really like this out of kernel tree approach for whatever reason - AMD provides it all the same (with their dkms). So in that sense there are more options with them than with Nvidia, since you can choose upstream kernel or out of tree dkms, unlike only the latter with Nvidia.
But releases sync is really a minor issue for me vs the blob itself. I was glad to get rid of it and its integration problems once I switched to AMD.
Last edited by Shmerl on 3 March 2023 at 4:28 am UTC
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