Re: Please recommend zero-hassle video card for GUIX

2020-09-24 Thread yasu
Just one more note: In GNU IceCat browser, in about:config, this option needs to be enabled: layers.acceleration.force-enabled See: https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=239077 Otherwise, there will be a subtle but noticeable tearing of videos. On 24.09.2020 12:34,

Re: Please recommend zero-hassle video card for GUIX

2020-09-24 Thread yasu
Just to follow up, here's what I did: - Removed my original NVidia GTX 750 video card - Installed the new AMD RX580 video card - Added an unofficial Guix channel to use the "regular" Linux Kernel (instead of Linux-Libre) My new Guix experience is now a world apart from the old! - It

Re: Please recommend zero-hassle video card for GUIX

2020-09-18 Thread Efraim Flashner
On September 17, 2020 9:00:54 PM UTC, Yasuaki Kudo wrote: >Thank you Efraim and Raghav but I forgot to mention that I need decent web >browser experience of dual 60hz 4K (HDMI). > >While the reviews on amazon.jp do confirm Linux friendliness but they say it >is way too slow for that, even

Re: Please recommend zero-hassle video card for GUIX

2020-09-17 Thread Maxim Cournoyer
Hello Yasuaki, Yasuaki Kudo writes: > Hi, > > As per the subject-line, what is the very best video chip/card for GUIX? My > criteria: > > • I use AMD Ryzen 5 CPU (The chip has no integrated video feature enabled) > • I currently use NVIDIA with proprietary driver support provided by >

Re: Please recommend zero-hassle video card for GUIX

2020-09-17 Thread Raghav Gururajan
Hello Yasuaki Kudo! > Thank you Efraim and Raghav but I forgot to mention that I need decent web > browser experience of > dual 60hz 4K (HDMI). > > While the reviews on amazon.jp do confirm Linux friendliness but they say it > is way too slow for > that, even with hardware acceleration

Re: Please recommend zero-hassle video card for GUIX

2020-09-17 Thread Yasuaki Kudo
Thank you Efraim and Raghav but I forgot to mention that I need decent web browser experience of dual 60hz 4K (HDMI). While the reviews on amazon.jp do confirm Linux friendliness but they say it is way too slow for that, even with hardware acceleration enabled...  > On Sep 18, 2020, at

Re: Please recommend zero-hassle video card for GUIX

2020-09-17 Thread Efraim Flashner
On Thu, Sep 17, 2020 at 12:53:50PM +, Raghav Gururajan wrote: > Hello Yasuaki Kudo! > > AFAIK, there is only one that is both free-software and AMD chip-set > compatible. It's GeForce GT 710. > > Regards, > RG. > I can confirm the GeForce GT 710 works. I picked one up after I broke the

Re: Please recommend zero-hassle video card for GUIX

2020-09-17 Thread Raghav Gururajan
Hello Yasuaki Kudo! AFAIK, there is only one that is both free-software and AMD chip-set compatible. It's GeForce GT 710. Regards, RG.

Please recommend zero-hassle video card for GUIX

2020-09-16 Thread Yasuaki Kudo
Hi, As per the subject-line, what is the very best video chip/card for GUIX? My criteria: • I use AMD Ryzen 5 CPU (The chip has no integrated video feature enabled) • I currently use NVIDIA with proprietary driver support provided by corresponding NixOS packages but now I am considering