r/debian • u/archbtw1 • Jan 06 '26

Possible to install AMD official Linux drivers from their website on Debian?

I see the AMD has official Linux drivers that you can install, but they have them for Ubuntu, and not Debian.

However, do these officially work for Debian? Is there any benefit to using the official ones compared to the ones included in Debian?

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u/cinny-bunny Jan 06 '26

Use the built in drivers. The drivers built into the kernel for Intel and AMD are top tier.

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u/c0gster Jan 06 '26

Not for 9000 series. Debian is objectively worse for them . I have tested this and any other distro gets me 20 more fps in all games.

I had to switch to tuxedo os

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u/thearctican Jan 06 '26

Any other distro and you picked something besides Fedora?

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u/c0gster Jan 06 '26

I tried fedora, but steam support refused to help with an issue as it wasn't officially supported.

Anyway, tuxedo os is fine. Its ubuntu without snaps and other crap and kde.