I think, that the only real solution for good workstations/development systems, on Linux, is Intel's HD graphics. Why?
Because Intel makes the drivers themself. The i915 Intel driver gets tested and developed inside Intel.
Radeon is a hack from suggestions from AMD/ATI. Nouveau is an even bigger, reverse engineered mess. And i've found situations where Intel's graphics outperform AMD/Nvidia graphics in GNOME/KDE for example.
What is your experience with this?
>>56051790
lol
Abandoning the Intel driver is actually encouraged in the Arch Wiki:
>Some recommend not installing the Intel driver, and instead falling back on the modesetting driver.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/intel_graphics
https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/4cojj9/it_is_probably_time_to_ditch_xf86videointel/
>>56051790
Every machine I've ever used with Intel graphics, the Linux drivers were poor. For example, streaking and tearing while watching HD video. In every case I've had to insert a NVidia graphics card to get good video on Linux.
I've never had an issue with IGPUS on Linux. Running OpenSUSE on the Surface Pro 3 is pretty much flawless besides the lack of multitouch with the typecover.