I am currently using Linux Mint (after a long stint of using MX Linux) after learning it handles Nvidia graphics cards flawlessly, which I am grateful for. Whatever grief I have given Ubuntu in the past, I take it back because when they make something work, it is solid.
Anyways, like most distros these days, Flatpaks show up alongside native packages in the package manager / app store. I used to have a bias towards getting the natively packed version, but these days, I am choosing Flatpaks, precisely because I know they will be the latest version.
This includes Blender, Cura, Prusaslicer, and just now QBittorrent. I know this is probably dumb, but I choose the version based on which has the nicer icon.
Again - I have no idea how well it’s hardware support is. I assume 3d accel and whatnot would be fine because it’s widely used, but dunno if anyone tried running ROCm on it.
You first need to install Distrobox: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2022/09/distrobox-can-open-up-the-steam-deck-to-a-whole-new-world/
this will give you a clean ubuntu enviroment to install amd-gpu
after that enter the ubuntu pod
and run the prerequisite
https://rocmdocs.amd.com/en/latest/Installation_Guide/Installation_new.html#prerequisite-actions
use the automated scripthttps://rocmdocs.amd.com/en/latest/Installation_Guide/Installation_new.html#ubuntu-20-04
The source is reddit, but I didn’t want to send more traffic there: https://www.reddit.com/r/steamdeck_linux/comments/xltere/rocm_finally_installed_via_distrobox/
