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Maxim Noverin2019-08-06 21:47:36
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Maxim Noverin, 2019-08-06 21:47:36

Can I switch to Linux with my PC configuration?

Good day to all. In general, I thought about switching from windows to a unix system. Until I have decided on the distribution, most likely the choice will fall on something pop, overgrown with the community. Previously, I already had experience working on minta, ubuntu and derivatives, but now the question is different.
The configuration has changed and I, having gone to the page of. The motherboard site saw that the drivers there are only supplied for Windows. I was disappointed, but I googled cases when people say that they have a normal flight with this motherboard on Linux. It is difficult to believe until the end, because at the office. site is unlikely to save space did not write anything about Linux and did not place the appropriate driver.
Accordingly, I am writing here in search of a more substantive discussion of the problem with people with a similar (at least partially) PC configuration. How are things? Are all ports working? Do you need dances with tambourines?
Attached is my current configuration:

  • Mat. Board: Asrock A320M-HDV R3.0
  • Processor: Ryzen 3 2200g
  • Video: Sapphire Nitro RX580 8gb
  • RAM: Kingmax 16 gb (dual by 8) at 2400
  • SSD, HDD

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Maxim Moseychuk, 2019-08-06
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There are no drivers for Linux on the manufacturer's website because the motherboard does not need any special drivers. Everything is already in the Linux kernel.
The motherboard is a constructor of chips from Intel, AMD, Qualcomm, Realtek, etc. It is these companies that develop drivers, not motherboard manufacturers. They have salaried developers who commit support for new hardware to the kernel.
Drivers may be needed on Nvidia, because. open drivers are inferior in performance to closed ones. But this is not your case. You have AMD. There's another problem. Support for the latest cards is delayed. Also not your case.
There may also be problems with exotic network cards and wifi. Or with ancient printers, scanners and win-modems.
I'll tell you this, now it's much more difficult to put together a configuration that won't work than one that will.

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