On Fri, February 22, 2019 7:46 am, Dan Ritter wrote: > Sam Varghese wrote: >> I would value feedback from anyone on this list who has been running >> Debian on an AMD Ryzen system. I have gone back through list posts for a >> year and cannot find anything on this subject. >> >> I am running the testing stream and am looking to upgrade a 10-year-old >> PC >> which I use for work. Having had good experiences with AMD processors in >> the past - my current box has a K6-2 chip - I would prefer to go with a >> processor from the same company. >> >> If anyone does respond, could you please copy me in? I am not subscribed >> to the list. > > I have installed Debian on several Ryzen machines. No particular > problems, unless you are using the built-in graphics systems, in > which case you may need to get X11 via stretch-backports. > > What are you concerned about?
Thanks for your response, Dan. I have seen some older reports about kernel issues and crashes. Hence my concern. I presume that the built-in graphics system can be disabled from the BIOS (or UEFI) and a stock standard graphics card used instead. Would I be correct in assuming that? Please copy me in as I am not subscribed to the list. Thanks, Sam