https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=81644
--- Comment #97 from Maciej gutigen@outlook.com --- (In reply to comment #96)
Just a while ago, I was the same way, sort. The main thing is to get away from the not-as-good package manager in Ubuntu, and go with Arch like I did. Package support is amazing because of the AUR, which build source for you, and when you have to do it yourself like us, most of the time you can just grab the config from the auto-installer, which should have 99% of the config options in-place. Like I said, it's screwed ATM, but usually it's pretty painless to compile anything. You just have to try it out. If you email me, I can get you set up with a Mesa build configure for RadeonSI. Then all you have to do is learn how to clone, pull, and patch in git. It's all not too bad. I mean, most LInux people are devs of some sort, so if you want to have a good time, you should put a little more time in and learn how the back-end of Linux and how programs are compiled to have a good time. I'll keep testing, as soon as I find a way to compile LLVM 3.6.
I'd rather have my system to just work. Adding PPA takes no effort, setting up something like Arch or compiling Mesa does and I have no time to deal with it. Some of Linux users (I assume mostly those on *buntu distros) are not developers, sysadmins or kernel hackers, we got other jobs and things to do, but we like open source solutions and other benefits of Linux world. I suppose I should just change my GPU to Nvidia and stop giving a fuck, but I prefer open source solutions and AMD is the only choice when it comes to high performance foss drivers.
I'm not bitching or whining here, just clarifying few facts.
I can reports bugs, provide logs, test some PPAs, but please don't patronize me with your linux hacker attitude, I'm not one of You, I'm just a user with different job description who happens to like open source for various reason (messing with code is not one of them).