This depends on the card and the manufacturer. For NVidia, there are
usually close-sourced NVidia drivers and an open source noveau driver that
might take some time to catchup for a newer card.
In contrast, AMD provides full open source drivers, and there is a release
page with a June 2024 release:
https://www.amd.com/en/resources/support-articles/release-notes/RN-AMDGPU-UNIFIED-LINUX-24-10-3.html
Since you card is around 2 years old, chances are the support is already
in a newer Linux release, thus I suggest you first try the latest Ubuntu
version on a usb stick. If this works this is good news.
Alternatively, try installing AMD drivers from a link above.
best
Vladimir Dergachev
On Tue, 2 Jul 2024, William Bulley wrote:
I don't understand how xorg deals with newer hardware, but I
suspect this device (Rembrandt [Radeon 680M]) being rather
new, may not yet be supported. Can someone please explain?
Thank you in advance. Have a great day!
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William Bulley
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