Linux Distribution for External GPUs

#1

What is the recommended Linux Distribution when using o6 with external GPUs? Ubuntu 22.04 or 24.04 or the preconfigured Debian image that comes with the system?

thanks

#2

If you are using an AMD or Intel GPU, or you would like to avoid the proprietary Nvidia drivers (talking mainly about the userspace part), then the distribution does not matter per se. What you actually care about is having the most recent kernel and Mesa 3D versions, which usually implies the latest distribution release, but they are ways around it such as Ubuntu PPAs or simply compiling software yourself.

If you would like to run the proprietary Nvidia drivers, then I can’t say. BTW there are good reasons for going that route - AFAIK these drivers are the only ones that are officially supported on AArch64, even if OSS drivers are considered.

#3

For any arm board it is very to use something which have latest kernel.

Manjaro Arm updates have been slow so try Arch Linux if you want to update you system frequently.

Anyways you will have to compile you own kernel when using external gpu.