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The new
amdgpukernel driver only launched in 2015 and it was buggy and unstable for a while. GPUs from around that era default to using the olderradeonkernel driver which lacks Vulkan support.Polaris (Radeon RX 400 series from 2016) and newer just work, older cards can take some prodding.
I've seen this exact situation so many times.
I've been in this situation myself so many times. I like fiddling with my system but even I ended up dual-booting Windows just for gaming.
Let's get this image then fixed.
Linux gaming works (most of the time without any issues)
What you should know before you switch to Linux:
Not every Hardware is supported as well as on Windows. Old Hardware may work better or worse than on Windows. New hardware may not work at all. Don't buy sth. that isn't at least half a year on the market.
Check protondb if your games do run on linux. For some people even silver there isn't an enjoyable status. Gold should be working as on windows with minor issues and platin is works just fine.
Be ready to learn a new operating System! Linux isn't Windows and the terminal is key to fix issues.
I'm a long-term Linux user living mostly on the terminal, knowing quite a lot about the operating system. And sometimes I enjoy tinkering to get a game running even more than playing it. But in the end for some games it just doesn't work. Of course it depends on the game and hardware and what not, but in the end if I can't play all my games on Linux I have to bite the bullet and check for alternatives. And for me this statement is hard as hell.