Hi!
I went from Windows to Linux about 4 years ago, and from the beginning the problem with screen tearing has always been there. More or less. Sometimes it works fine for a long time, then it comes back again. Getting tired of this. really tired. So tired that I'm actually thinking about going back to Windows because of it. But I really don't want to. Linux is so much better when it comes to everything else.
First, I could only use Linux Mint Cinnamon to avoid screen tearing, then that stopped working, and I got tearing. Switched to Debian with Gnome, and had no tearing for a long time, updated and, tearing all over again. Switched around like this for 4 years now. And right now, KDE Neon is the only distro that doesn't give me tearing, until now. It's not too bad, but it hurts my eyes when scrolling in Skype, scrolling in web browser, file manager etc. But I don't get tearing when watching videos (VLC/SMPlayer/YouTube works fine). I've tried every setting in the compositor, full screen repaint is what works best, but i'm not satisfied.
What kind of graphics card works best with Linux to avoid tearing? What kind of screen? What kind of CPU? Should I go for Nvidia and Intel instead of AMD and Radeon? Please help me out with this! If you have a laptop or stationary PC, running Linux, with NO TEARING, please help me out!
Now, my computer has started to randomly freeze, randomly reboot, randomly shutdown. And I've tried everything trying to find the problem, everything except getting a new motherboard and CPU. I've tested my RAM, and it's all OK. Switched power supply, switch hard drives, switched s-ata ports and so on. I've been building my own computers since I was 13-14 years old, now I'm 32 and have always been able to find out what's wrong with my computers, but not this time.
Now I'm thinking about buying a new one. Maybe a laptop or build my own PC again. And before buying the parts or a new laptop, I want to make SURE I don't go buy components that's not compatible with Linux, or that gives me screen tearing. I don't have that much money to spend on it, around 400USD, maybe 450USD. I don't play games or anything like that. I mostly use it to watch movies, youtube, surfing, skype etc.
Is there ANY PC's/Laptops you can buy, that's made for Linux? It's been a long time since I bought new components or a new computer, so I'm not really up to speed with the latest equipment.
This is what I use today:
CPU: AMD A4-7300 APU with Radeon HD Graphics 3800.00 MHz
SSD: INTENSO SSD 128GB
Motherboard: Gigabyte F2A78M-D3H (F3)
RAM: 2x Crucial Ballistix Sport 2GB
Power Model: LC420H-12 MAX420 ATX Switching Power Supply
And 2x Internal WD 4TB HDD's.
Screen: Samsung T24C300 24" LED Screen/TV (with DVB-T) HDMI from Motherboard (built-in ATI Radeon Graphics) to HDMI-port on screen.
// TB
I went from Windows to Linux about 4 years ago, and from the beginning the problem with screen tearing has always been there. More or less. Sometimes it works fine for a long time, then it comes back again. Getting tired of this. really tired. So tired that I'm actually thinking about going back to Windows because of it. But I really don't want to. Linux is so much better when it comes to everything else.
First, I could only use Linux Mint Cinnamon to avoid screen tearing, then that stopped working, and I got tearing. Switched to Debian with Gnome, and had no tearing for a long time, updated and, tearing all over again. Switched around like this for 4 years now. And right now, KDE Neon is the only distro that doesn't give me tearing, until now. It's not too bad, but it hurts my eyes when scrolling in Skype, scrolling in web browser, file manager etc. But I don't get tearing when watching videos (VLC/SMPlayer/YouTube works fine). I've tried every setting in the compositor, full screen repaint is what works best, but i'm not satisfied.
What kind of graphics card works best with Linux to avoid tearing? What kind of screen? What kind of CPU? Should I go for Nvidia and Intel instead of AMD and Radeon? Please help me out with this! If you have a laptop or stationary PC, running Linux, with NO TEARING, please help me out!
Now, my computer has started to randomly freeze, randomly reboot, randomly shutdown. And I've tried everything trying to find the problem, everything except getting a new motherboard and CPU. I've tested my RAM, and it's all OK. Switched power supply, switch hard drives, switched s-ata ports and so on. I've been building my own computers since I was 13-14 years old, now I'm 32 and have always been able to find out what's wrong with my computers, but not this time.
Now I'm thinking about buying a new one. Maybe a laptop or build my own PC again. And before buying the parts or a new laptop, I want to make SURE I don't go buy components that's not compatible with Linux, or that gives me screen tearing. I don't have that much money to spend on it, around 400USD, maybe 450USD. I don't play games or anything like that. I mostly use it to watch movies, youtube, surfing, skype etc.
Is there ANY PC's/Laptops you can buy, that's made for Linux? It's been a long time since I bought new components or a new computer, so I'm not really up to speed with the latest equipment.
This is what I use today:
CPU: AMD A4-7300 APU with Radeon HD Graphics 3800.00 MHz
SSD: INTENSO SSD 128GB
Motherboard: Gigabyte F2A78M-D3H (F3)
RAM: 2x Crucial Ballistix Sport 2GB
Power Model: LC420H-12 MAX420 ATX Switching Power Supply
And 2x Internal WD 4TB HDD's.
Screen: Samsung T24C300 24" LED Screen/TV (with DVB-T) HDMI from Motherboard (built-in ATI Radeon Graphics) to HDMI-port on screen.
// TB