R 9 270 x is GCN 1 . 0 which is supported by the open source amdgpu driver . It should work out of the box on any recent kernel . Try using the latest kernel version without installing anything additional . I have R 9 380 which is GCN 1 . 2 and it has been working flawlessly since kernel 4 . 4 or so . <| sep |> I ' m not being lazy or greedy goes on a tirade about recognizing environmental issues is stealing from him . Get over it and think about someone other than yourself bud . Most of our environmental issues come from businesses developing land without proper planning and dumping carbon and other industrial wastes into our atmosphere and waterways . Not people trying to fix problems Do people actually buy your garbage ?