I have run desktop Linux across a dozen (maybe slightly more) machines over a decade, and friends will ask me for advice stepping into that world. On graphics drivers, my safest recommendation has always been:
- If AMD, use the open source version.
- If Nvidia, use proprietary.
- If Intel integrated, thank whatever god you believe in for Mesa.
What about Nvidia's GPUs, community relations or [insert other topic] hobbles their open source one so thoroughly compared to AMD? Or alternatively: Why is AMD's (presumably) deeper knowledge of their graphics hardware unable to be more stable than the open source equivalent when Nvidia's is?
