And that's not even covering motherboard incompatibilities with Linux (e.g. sleep/shutdown not working, WiFi/Bluetooth broken, etc.)
Have those problems been fixed definitively? Or should one stick to Intel for Linux at the moment?
Also, since I use the Arch distro, installing packages from the AUR requires compiling stuff. So far ffmpeg has been among the packages with large source code base that I compile regularly and I've never had issues. I would like to compile the kernel too, but I'm unsure as to whether the difference will be noticeable for my daily usage. On my old machine, the Zen-kernel did improve responsiveness, but on my current one, I'm sticking to the LTS kernel.
Word is that the 2nd generation of Ryzen a.k.a Raven ridge are more stable and worth it if you can afford them (watch out for motherboard compatibility though).
I for myself couldn't suffer a machine where I occasionally need to reset , destroying flow.
Most of your gripes come from running Linux on a laptop machine. If you are a person who likes to work on powerful desk workstations, Linux behaves great on those. Granted, some things, such as multifunction printers (which are mostly software-driven) don't have support. You do have to be careful when selecting hardware, unfortunately.
Yes, of course!
> What about compiling large source code bases? There were some scary bugs reported on Linux when Ryzen came out.
Are you referring to this? https://www.extremetech.com/computing/254750-amd-replaces-ry...
The later revisions of Ryzen 1000 CPUs have been fixed, you could RMA your CPU if it was affected (I did this myself, AMD's support was excellent). Ryzen 2000 CPUs aren't affected.
> Have those problems been fixed definitively? Or should one stick to Intel for Linux at the moment?
I've never heard of any motherboard incompatibilities. The WiFi chips in some of those AMD motherboards are actually from Intel btw.
I'm running an AMD Ryzen workstation with Linux for over a year now and it works perfectly.