Ubuntu with a Ryzen APU (Linux Noob)

[Prezakia$]

I kinda want to use Ubuntu with a new Ryzen APU based pc butttt I don't even know how to install the drivers .Moreover I checked several vids on how to play 3A games on linux (with wine if I remember correctly) .Any tips guys ?

[x_wing]

Get the latest version of the distro you want to use. The key in order to get Ryzen working is to have kernel 4.15 or newer.

If you want to go for the official AMD driver (i.e. you may want to install Ubuntu LTS or a Ubuntu LTS based distro), you can get it from here: https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/Radeon-Software-for-Linux-Release-Notes.aspx

Anyway, the best option for gaming is the open source driver, so I would go with the first option in your case.

[Prezakia$]

引用自 x_wing：

Get the latest version of the distro you want to use. The key in order to get Ryzen working is to have kernel 4.15 or newer.

If you want to go for the official AMD driver (i.e. you may want to install Ubuntu LTS or a Ubuntu LTS based distro), you can get it from here: https://support.amd.com/en-us/kb-articles/Pages/Radeon-Software-for-Linux-Release-Notes.aspx

Anyway, the best option for gaming is the open source driver, so I would go with the first option in your case.

Wow .This is more confusing than Physics :P .As I said I'm kinda new to the whole thing .I just don't want to use windows anymore. (and I saw that is pretty customazible)

[Zyro]

引用自 ＴｈｅＴｒｕｔｈ以ン：

Wow .This is more confusing than Physics :P .As I said I'm kinda new to the whole thing .I just don't want to use windows anymore. (and I saw that is pretty customazible)

Ubuntu 18.04 comes with kernel 4.15, so that matches well.

Be prepared that you will not be able to play all games that are not supporting Linux (which includes most AAA), and those that you can play via WINE will probably run slower.

[Prezakia$]

引用自 Zyro：

引用自 ＴｈｅＴｒｕｔｈ以ン：

Wow .This is more confusing than Physics :P .As I said I'm kinda new to the whole thing .I just don't want to use windows anymore. (and I saw that is pretty customazible)

Ubuntu 18.04 comes with kernel 4.15, so that matches well.

Be prepared that you will not be able to play all games that are not supporting Linux (which includes most AAA), and those that you can play via WINE will probably run slower.

hmm so wine isn't that reliable?

[Zyro]

引用自 ＴｈｅＴｒｕｔｈ以ン：

hmm so wine isn't that reliable?

Linux isn't Windows, even when using WINE. WINE tries to offer as much of Windows' capabilities as it can, and it is a great piece of work, but if you want to play lots of games that only run on Windows, your best bet is running Linux and Windows in parallel. If you one "need" some games, you can lookup their WINE "rating" - how well they work on Linux.

[Prezakia$]

引用自 Zyro：

引用自 ＴｈｅＴｒｕｔｈ以ン：

hmm so wine isn't that reliable?

Linux isn't Windows, even when using WINE. WINE tries to offer as much of Windows' capabilities as it can, and it is a great piece of work, but if you want to play lots of games that only run on Windows, your best bet is running Linux and Windows in parallel. If you one "need" some games, you can lookup their WINE "rating" - how well they work on Linux.

well i care more for esport games :P .the only game non linux capable i wanna play are cod ww2 and gta v

[Zyro]

引用自 ＴｈｅＴｒｕｔｈ以ン：

well i care more for esport games :P .the only game non linux capable i wanna play are cod ww2 and gta v

GTA V seems to run with problems and "performance is very poor":
https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=16807
Didn't find CoD WW2.

So... Keep a Windows around for the time being, next to Linux?

[Prezakia$]

Hmm .I really want to use a different os than windows tho :/

[cedara2]

did you consider doing a dual boot? Windows for everything that doesn't work in linux?

There's lots of games that work just fine in linux, it would just depend on your preferences.

[Marlock]

Try to setup a dualboot for a while as you get used to linux and test it out for stuff you want/need.

That way you can take your time without missing stuff.

Then, whenever you get used to it and feel its time, you can nuke windows for good

About ryzen+amd gpu+linux, it is quite easy now to get it working. Just get Ubuntu 18.04 and you will have a recent enough Linux Kernel (4.15), etc, all built-in the OS with zero extra effort.

With Nvidia GPUs it takes a bit more work installing closed source driver and some 32-bit libs for it after installing the system, but nothing really hard or too complicated if you follow instructions well.

Nvidia GPUs still get better performance than AMD GPUs on Linux, but recently the opensource AMD GPU drivers are improving fast and becoming a good option, without the need for any extra work after just installing the OS. Forget AMD closed source drivers for linux, for recent GPUs they are history, the opensource built-in driver is already faster and more stable on almost all tests.

Run all you can as native linux software, try Wine in its more recent versions for windows-only games you just can't live with and see if they run well enough.

To run Wine you can follow instructions from winehq.org to download and install the most recent version (the one on the software center on Ubuntu and Linux Mint is kinda very old, unless they fixed this in Ubuntu 18.04 and LM 19).

Or you can use PlayonLinux to help setup wine and your game. Or Lutris as an alternative to PoL.

If that doesn't work or if it runs too poorly (can happen, though improvements have been coming in fast), you can keep Windows as a backup...

Or buy yourself a PS4 or Xbox One depending on which games you are missing and just nuke windows anyway ;)


Oh, and if you need a step-by-step guide to installing Linux (including that dual-boot setup with it installed in parallel to windows), this one for Linux Mint is very detailed and easy to follow:
http://linuxmint-installation-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

Welcome to Linux

[6809e]

^ What they said ...
Install Windoze first...
Then Ubuntu 18.04...

Ubuntu will give you the option of Dual booting, and even help you resize you Windoze partiton to make room...

Start with Ubuntu for you first 'linux with Steam' as it's probably the most supported right now...

Good luck ...

[y05h1]

Ubuntu is just as easy as can be.