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I agree with that for sure. I would only get nvidea + intel. Too many mixed reviews for the other stuff.

I'm not a fan of proprietary drivers either so if working drivers aren't included in the major distros I tend to shy away from the associated hardware.

From what I can tell, Nvidia works best with the proprietary drivers at this time. I'll do more looking into that and I'll probably start out with free drivers to see if I am happy with them.

Ultimately, I'll have to go with whatever seems to work best. I'll cross my fingers and hope for the best.