On 2022-12-15 08:36 hw wrote:
It turned out that the AMD card is not even an option anymore because
it's built so badly that not only the height but also the width exceeds
the slot size. It's a few millimeters too wide and as a result, the
fans won't spin and the card overheats.
That doesn't means it's built badly, but it simply doesn't fit your
needs. I'm pretty sure higher end NVidias typically are even built more
badly in this regard. I doubt you will add in here to call them "built
badly".
That's like with:
Debian needs to fix that.
... or ...
obviously not
... or ....
not with Debian
Your expectation is not a general rule. If your hardware needs more
recent Kernel and Mesa, Debian Stable is simply not the best
distribution to choose for your* Desktop. It doesn't mean Debian stable
is built badly, it simply doesn't fit your needs.
But that's ok. There are many alternatives.
Use Debian testing or some other more bleeding edge distribution like
Fedora. Btw: Why not choose RHEL? Typically this is - like Debian stable
- not to be expected to run on more recent hardware but currently RHEL 9
is quite new and it should support the RX 6000 series (besides the fact
that you came to the conclusion not to use the RX 6600 at all).
On my gaming-PC I'm running Arch Linux. Even more bleeding edge than
Fedora (I think). I'm using a modern AMD card in there and I'd say
that's much more straight forward than using NVidia hardware (no extra
driver needed) - YMMV.
*) To be clear, your individual case doesn't count for a general rule.
As a counterexample I'm writing this message on a modern 2in1
flip/tablet Laptop running Debian Stable and Gnome via Wayland for
modern features like auto-screen-rotation and auto-on-screen Keyboards.
Works.
hede
