<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 07/08/2016 02:25 PM, Karl Auer wrote: </div> <blockquote cite="mid:1468002322.1968.299.camel@biplane.com.au" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">On Fri, 2016-07-08 at 12:17 -0400, Scott Blair wrote: </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">I am building a new system. I read somewhere that the support for AMD video cards is bad for Linux. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> It's less well-supported than nVidia hardware, which is what people usually recommend. if you are actually building your own Linux system then I would avoid AMD. On the other hand since it's not a laptop you c an swap it out easily enough. </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">There are 3 AMD cards that look like they will do what I want, but if there is no support it is not worth it. </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> Why not tell us which cards you are considering? Then if anyone is using one of them successfully, they can tell you. I'm using an AMD Radeon R7 M360 in a Lenovo Thinkpad E560. I was unable to boot 14.04 because of the card, and had to install 15.10. I am assuming and hoping that 16.04 won't be a problem :-) Regards, K. </pre> </blockquote> This is my first choice: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127913">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127913</a> Here is my second choice: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127879">http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814127879</a> My third choice is now out of stock. <pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">-- Scott Blair: Thanks, Scott Blair USMC Defending your freedoms since 10 November 1775 Save on backup time "BackupDevice=Null" If you don't stand behind our troops, feel free to stand in front of them.</pre> </body> </html>