I’m running CachyOS, and having an Nvidia card, I’m using their Nvidia-specific kernel. I know this 3060 won’t last forever, and I’m planning to upgrade to an AMD card for a better overall experience.
Is there anything I should be aware of regarding the kernel or other compatibility when switching brands? Can I simply plug in the new one and run pacman -Syu?
Sidenote: I will plan around my PSU’s output, so no need to advise regarding physical compatibility.
I don’t know about the 3000 series but when I went from a 970 to my 7900xtx, my old Linux kernel physically didn’t even support it’s basic VGA mode and I had to swap distros to get it to boot. That was like years ago and an old version of mxlinux though, so I doubt you’ll have that issue.
I tried MX Linux, and it didn’t work with my hardware at all! Something was broken with the desktop shell or window manager that drew everything in the wrong places
That’s not to say it’s bad, but it definitely isn’t as plug-and-play as some other distros.