What linux to put for laptop with amd radeon 7500/7600 hd card?

Question

linux

Hello, tell me what linux distr. suitable for this laptop.
As I read that amd stopped supporting drivers for linux, and only open ones remained, but the problem is that it has been sitting on xubuntu 14.04 for more than a year, this version has proprietary drivers for this video card. The other day I bought a new ssd and decided to install xubuntu 18.04 in it, the interface started to lag very much, the video on youtube constantly slows down.
I would move back to 14.04, but I can’t find python 3.7.3 version for it, only 3.6.8. And many programs simply become outdated and are no longer updated, because support for ubuntu 14.04 itself has been stopped.

Answer 1

For AMD graphics cards since 16.04, you need a proprietary driver, in fact only when you need to use openCL. It is unlikely that with such a card you also need it on a note. =)
Well, not quite so everything with support. There are actually drivers, amdgpu-pro, only few people need them in practice in everyday work - they are no better than free ones in most functions (in particular, in 3d or video acceleration), where amd gave a lot.
Most likely, you have some problems with card recognition, and the problem is in working in soft rendering mode, and not in free drivers as such - everything is fine with them.