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## Word of Caution
Proprietary (NVIDIA/AMD) drivers are known to be sometimes highly problematic, or completely unsupported.
AMD driver support is prebaked in the Qubes kernel (4.14) but only RADEON HD 4000-9000 give or take, NOT most of the latest cards.
NOT until AMDGPU support in the 4.5+ kernel, which isn't released yet for Qubes.
Proprietary (Nvidia/Amd) drivers are known to be sometimes highly problematic, or completely unsupported.
Radeon driver support is prebaked in the Qubes kernel (v4.4.14-11) but only versions 4000-9000 give or take.
Support for newer cards is limited until Amdgpu support in the 4.5+ kernel, which isn't released yet for qubes.
Built in Intel Graphics, Radeon graphics (between that 4000-9000 range), and perhaps some prebaked NVIDIA cards i don't know about. Those are your best bet for Great Qubes support.
Built in Intel graphics, Radeon graphics (between that 4000-9000 range), and perhaps some prebaked Nvidia card support that i don't know about. Those are your best bet for great Qubes support.
If you do happen to get proprietary drivers working on your Qubes system (Via installing them). Please take the time to go to the
If you do happen to get proprietary drivers working on your Qubes system (via installing them). Please take the time to go to the
[Hardware Compatibility List (HCL)](https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/hcl/#generating-and-submitting-new-reports )
Add your computer, graphics card, and installation steps you did to get everything working.
## RpmFusion packages
There are rpm packages with all necessary software on rpmfusion. The only package you have to compile is the kernel module (but there is a ready built src.rpm package).