I've just built a fresh desktop with a Radeon R9 290X to use as an oclhashcat box =).
I've installed Ubuntu 16.04 on it. By default, Ubuntu uses the open-source "radeon" driver.
Reading online, most of the older articles seem to suggest replacing this with AMD's proprietary "fglrx" driver.
However, the Ubuntu 16.04 release notes (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes) suggest going with "radeon":
The fglrx driver is now deprecated in 16.04, and we recommend its open source alternatives (radeon and amdgpu). AMD put a lot of work into the drivers, and we backported kernel code from Linux 4.5 to provide a better experience.
Out of curiosity - is it still the advice to replace "radeon" with "fglrx"?
Or have things changed, and it's now OK just to use the standard "radeon" driver that comes out of the box?
I've installed Ubuntu 16.04 on it. By default, Ubuntu uses the open-source "radeon" driver.
Reading online, most of the older articles seem to suggest replacing this with AMD's proprietary "fglrx" driver.
However, the Ubuntu 16.04 release notes (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseNotes) suggest going with "radeon":
The fglrx driver is now deprecated in 16.04, and we recommend its open source alternatives (radeon and amdgpu). AMD put a lot of work into the drivers, and we backported kernel code from Linux 4.5 to provide a better experience.
Out of curiosity - is it still the advice to replace "radeon" with "fglrx"?
Or have things changed, and it's now OK just to use the standard "radeon" driver that comes out of the box?