Hi,
I have a HP ProBook 4530s laptop with an AMD Radeon 6490M graphics card. This is my 10yo son's & I want to install Ubuntu, primarily for gaming using Steam. I initially installed Ubuntu Mate 16.10, but had a lot of issues with the AMD drivers.
I was wondering what the current (2017) recommendation is for the best Ubuntu release to use for legacy AMD cards? Is 14.04 LTS still recommended as the best release, together with downloading AMD drivers directly from their website?
https://support.amd.com/en-us/download/linux
I would much prefer to run a later release, if possible. I have read that the 4.9 & 4.10 kernels have improved AMD open source drivers, but is this only for later video cards? I was considering installing 16.10 and upgrading to a 4.9 or 4.10 kernel. Good or bad idea?
Thanks in advance! Any help/advice is much appreciated.
Paul
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