Thanks. Not a Linux user, although I have been pondering at times.

Maria Niermann
MSc Hydrogeology

Studying - MScEnvSc CATWA at UWA (Environmental Science - Catchment & Water)
University of Western Australia
School of Agriculture and Environment

On 10 Sep 2020, at 19:41, Charles Dixon-Paver <[email protected]> wrote:


I have had issues with AMD graphics hardware on Linux but not with processors 
(desktop systems only). Laptop manufacturers will usually identify which 
devices have been designed as compatible with Linux or other operating systems, 
in which case if your device is not explicitly supported you may encounter 
driver issues with the various components (bluetooth/ WLAN cards etc) or maybe 
even have do a couple of preload hacks to get it running on your hardware. In 
my experience, this happens regardless of the hardware vendor.

I have encountered issues with AMD processors with legacy operating systems 
(i.e. Windows 7) where just getting them to work required hacks and the system 
experienced a degradation of performance. In other cases, where performance was 
not as expected, OS level system tweaking usually got things chugging along 
smoothly (usually a windows default "enhancement" causing a bug, and it's 
usually patched at some point). In some instances, issues were caused by other 
hardware settings (e.g. RAM config) or related to other application specific 
settings on the motherboard or overclocking configuration, which is usually 
pretty scenario specific and requires rtfm. With a laptop, I doubt this is 
anything you need to worry about.

In short, you shouldn't have any problems if you're intending on "normal" 
usage, but Linux compatibility is a consideration with a laptop purchase if you 
intend on using it.

Regards

On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 at 04:07, Maria Niermann (23153112) 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi

Anyone got word as to any issues that might arise going AMD processor on a 
laptop?

Thanks

Maria Niermann
MSc Hydrogeology

Studying - MScEnvSc CATWA at UWA (Environmental Science - Catchment & Water)
University of Western Australia
School of Agriculture and Environment
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