Anyone using AMD Radeon R7 M360 with Linux?

[Dave Stevens]

Quoting Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com>:

> On Tuesday 09 February 2016 11:23:59 Dave Stevens wrote:
>
>> Quoting Karl Auer <kauer at biplane.com.au>:
>> > I'm about to buy a new laptop, and the reviews I can find seem to
>> > suggest that it will work well with Linux, but I have misgivings
>> > about the AMD Radeon R7 M360 graphics. I think it's probably
>> > power-hungry, but my biggest concern is drivers.
>> >
>> > Can anyone on this list positively confirm that they are personally
>> > using an AMD Radeon R7 M360 with Linux - specifically with Ubuntu or
>> > another Debian derivative?
>> >
>> > I don't need gamer-level performance, but I do need a working
>> > full-res graphical desktop. Basic 3D acceleration for compiz would
>> > be very nice, but is not essential.
>> >
>> > Regards, K.
>>
>> phoronix.com is a good source of AMD graphics info: the site owner,
>> Michael Larabel is, IIRC, the lead techie for Radeon drivers and here
>> is a note from John Bridgman of AMD:
>>
>> http://www.phoronix.com/forums/forum/hardware/graphics-cards/825771-am
>> d-radeon-r7-260x-or-amd-radeon-r7-360/page2
>>
>> Dave
>
> Pet peeve that pulls my trigger, Dave. That link is intercepted so no one
> not a "member" can see it.  My view is that if that information might
> help a person who has purchased the product, it should be publicly
> readable. But if they want to shoot themselves in the foot by keeping it
> private, they will NOT make the sale to me. I've been to that dog & pony
> show with ATI/AMD, repeatedly.
>
> And after my own personal experience over the last 18 years with what is
> now AMD graphics, I'd take anything said by an AMD type, with lots and
> lots of salt in a vain attempt at making the BS they tell you palatable.
>
> Alex D. has lied to me about linux support for their products so many
> times that I no longer believe anything he says.  I once pestered him
> for a card that matched the driver we had, took that data to the store
> and bought that card, it said so on the sealed box.  But when I got it
> home and installed it, the driver would not work.  Taking the lspci
> identity of the card, it was NOT the same card IN the box, that the box
> claimed to have in it, ATI had updated the card in the box without even
> changing the shape of the dot on an i anyplace on the box.  New card,
> totally, but fraudulent re-use of the packaging.  And no apologies for
> leading me down that famous garden path again were obtained when I
> posted to the x.org list.
>
> I like to support the underdog as it keep competition live, but the
> underdog must return that favor else you'll get what you are reading
> right now.
>
> Since I built my first linux machine in 1997, I have spent at least $1500
> on ati cards. only one of which did the job I asked it to do while using
> the vesa driver, and that machine was retired 2+ years ago when the
> monitor died and I could no longer get a square pixel on its new LCD.
>
> And I am not a gamer unless you count solitaire, so I don't need 300 fps,
> but I do expect to be able to watch a news clip video.  That, IMO, is
> NOT asking too much of any video system capable of driving a monitor.
>
> Cheers, Gene Heskett

sorry to hear that Gene, not my experience at all. I bought a 4770  
when it came out and it's still just sitting there doing its job.

D

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