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Those parts are actually super compatible with Linux and Valve's Proton layer for gaming. Give it a whirl if you get the chance, after all the PS5 is based on a UNIX-like OS as well... ;)

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Except for the c state thing. I basically had to disable sleep on my Linux machine on 3950x, because when it would sleep, it would lock up and not come back. Funny thing is the windows VM kept responding fine. I could remote desktop into that, but I couldn't use the Ubuntu gui.

If there are some more recent fixes for this problem, don't hesitate to let me know.

Interesting, I'm using Intel machines right now so I'm not really able to reproduce that. The GPU should be fine though, and I should hope sleep states are a high priority for AMD's Linux support team.

Other than the cstate thing, it did run cyberpunk on Ubuntu &steam pretty well.

Indeed! I was going to dual boot, but Windows 10/11 now has WSL (Windows subsystem for linux). So I've been using Ubuntu, Debian, and other distros and also can launch (Wayland and x11) apps natively like Remmina and other Linux only apps: https://i.imgur.com/299XJvv.png

I had a similar setup when WSL1 was initially released, but I couldn't wait for GUI support. Switched to Linux only a couple weeks later, and haven't reinstalled Windows in years.

Obviously everyone's needs/setup is a bit different though, I was mostly quipping about the PS5 comparison. Looks like a good machine though, enjoy!

WSL is a breeze to use: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/

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