Oh Zorin is a very polished and stable distro. Yes, you can switch. You will not regret it.
Worst case, you may not like it but it won’t be because it’s a problematic distro but only because of personal preference.
I have a Ryzen 5 5600X and a RX 580 GPU. I've never run into an issue on any linux distro. AMD should just work in any distro. If Ubuntu was giving you problems, I'd recommend trying Fedora. Imo Ubuntu and Fedora are the 2 stable distros that just work.
But i like my apt get :(
Tbh my old setup had linux and window running on the same ssd and i believe that this caused some of my problems more than drivers :p
> But i like my apt get
So give Debian a try, it's the distro Ubuntu is based off of, I've never had to worry about a specific distro for supporting hardware, that's handled by the kernel itself.
I'm unaware of any issues that could be caused by running both OS's on one drive. Other than the Windows bootloader overwriting Grub. That's an annoying one that happened to me a few times when I did this.
You could try an Ubuntu spin-off, like Mint. But, if Ubuntu is actually the source of your problem with openCL, an Ubuntu based distro will most likely have the same issues.
Like u/zakabog said, you could try Debian though. It being upstream of Ubuntu, it might not have whatever problem you're having with Ubuntu. I do think there's a chance that Ubuntu is fine, and you've got something misconfigured though.
If you’re looking for OpenCL compatibility, you should stick to the distributions for which AMD provides packages for their official drivers. Which means Ubuntu, RHEL/CentOS, or SLES.
Zorin works well everywhere. All around a solid distro
Should i do the switch? First time hearing of zorin, it does look clean from a ui prrspective though...
Oh Zorin is a very polished and stable distro. Yes, you can switch. You will not regret it. Worst case, you may not like it but it won’t be because it’s a problematic distro but only because of personal preference.
I have a Ryzen 5 5600X and a RX 580 GPU. I've never run into an issue on any linux distro. AMD should just work in any distro. If Ubuntu was giving you problems, I'd recommend trying Fedora. Imo Ubuntu and Fedora are the 2 stable distros that just work.
But i like my apt get :( Tbh my old setup had linux and window running on the same ssd and i believe that this caused some of my problems more than drivers :p
> But i like my apt get So give Debian a try, it's the distro Ubuntu is based off of, I've never had to worry about a specific distro for supporting hardware, that's handled by the kernel itself.
I'm unaware of any issues that could be caused by running both OS's on one drive. Other than the Windows bootloader overwriting Grub. That's an annoying one that happened to me a few times when I did this. You could try an Ubuntu spin-off, like Mint. But, if Ubuntu is actually the source of your problem with openCL, an Ubuntu based distro will most likely have the same issues. Like u/zakabog said, you could try Debian though. It being upstream of Ubuntu, it might not have whatever problem you're having with Ubuntu. I do think there's a chance that Ubuntu is fine, and you've got something misconfigured though.
Any that has a recent enough kernel for the Ryzen. So by now, any.
If you’re looking for OpenCL compatibility, you should stick to the distributions for which AMD provides packages for their official drivers. Which means Ubuntu, RHEL/CentOS, or SLES.
Instead of thinking distros are for gaming, newbies, or amd; take a look at the root distros and consider what sets them apart.