I have a 6700XT and was using Debian Testing (it was trixie), it was super stable, then it became to be extremely unstable around april 2025. I think it was a mix a buggy mesa update and a buggy kernel update. It was so awful that I had to remove Debian :( (multiple full freeze a day). I went full Gentoo and it was super stable. I tried trixie again some days ago and it was still extremely unstable, unfortunately… (only on this machine, the others work fine). Mesa 25.3 has fixed a “turn page flip error” on these cards, but not everything is smooth.

11 > 12 > 13 is way safer!

Wonderful project!

I think you’ve tried a distribution for advanced users… Something like Debian would not have triggered that! Also note that regarding dual boot, most of the time, Microsoft can be in cause (if you’re not using UEFI, if you have secure boot, and others).

For reference, I have a 6700XT on a 4k videoprojector, and it’s fluid for 4k video and games (but it’s a gaming card). The drivers are excellent and the card is stable. Thus said, I read some web videos through mpv, which is more optimized. On Youtube 4k, it works as well. I’ve tried 8k downsized and it was bit laggy, so I don’t think a 6400 is enough for 8k video. I also had to buy a HDMI cable with more throughput! Videos aside, I think it’s okay for the display only (texts and images), but wait for another reviewer because the 6400 is less powerful, so I can’t confirm. However, if it works on Windows, it will work on Linux.

I agree with this! Maybe US citizens should set a fox as their president! It would be more wisely ruled then.

It really depends on how you judge being smart. Imagine if you have wings instead of arms and hands, and a beak instead of a mouth. What would you be able to achieve as an organic entity? I’m not sure there’s an easy answer on this. I think some animals are smarter than humans, but they just have different bodies, so that’s not a fair comparaison to judge on what the human specy has achieved as a whole.

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I’m glad that it has fixed your problem. Enjoy :)

Use virt-manager (with KVM). Learn how to install guest tools, then enjoy the performance!

Activate it as shown in the comments!

Have you checked the flags in wpa_supplicant? Some routers have non-default encryption schemes.

From my notes, use these USE flags as a test: net-wireless/wpa_supplicant wps wep ap fasteap eap-sim tkip uncommon-eap-types

I’m pretty sure this is your problem :)

I use encryption on laptops, because they can be stolen in the train, bus, etc. On work desktop, I do so as well, because there are many people around. However, on everything that stay at home, I prefer not to use it to simplifiy things and get more performance.