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Thanks. Not a Linux user, although I have been pondering at times.
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<div dir="ltr"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Maria Niermann</span>
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<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Studying - MScEnvSc CATWA at UWA (Environmental Science - Catchment & Water)</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">University of Western Australia</span></div>
<div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">School of Agriculture and Environment</span></div>
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<blockquote type="cite">On 10 Sep 2020, at 19:41, Charles Dixon-Paver <charles@kartoza.com> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">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.
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<div>I <i>have</i> 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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 9 Sep 2020 at 04:07, Maria Niermann (23153112) <<a href="mailto:23153112@student.uwa.edu.au" target="_blank">23153112@student.uwa.edu.au</a>> wrote:<br>
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Hi<br>
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Anyone got word as to any issues that might arise going AMD processor on a laptop?<br>
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Maria Niermann<br>
MSc Hydrogeology<br>
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Studying - MScEnvSc CATWA at UWA (Environmental Science - Catchment & Water)<br>
University of Western Australia<br>
School of Agriculture and Environment<br>
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