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Linux laptop recommendation thread🐧💻 (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by Toldry@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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I'm on the market to buy a new laptop, and Lemmy has successfully coaxed and goaded me to give Linux a serious try.

I've never used *nix as my personal OS.

Which hardware/laptop do you recommend? And which OS to pair it with for a Linux newbie?

I'm a software engineer, and quit my job to pursue an MSc in AI. So my uses will be:

  • programming
  • study
  • browsing lemmy
  • gaming
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[-] Sendpicsofsandwiches@sh.itjust.works 43 points 10 months ago

Linux runs on literally anything. The hardware doesn't matter too much these days, but which distro you pick does. I would say to just load a flash drive with a live image of a distro you think looks cool and see how you like it on a trial basis. Try a couple of them before you reqlly make a decision and then load the full image

[-] cm0002@lemmy.world 84 points 10 months ago

The hardware doesn't matter too much these days

WiFi, Bluetooth and Nvidia graphics have entered the chat

[-] hperrin@lemmy.world 66 points 10 months ago

Fingerprint reader and webcam standing by

[-] agelord@lemmy.world 9 points 10 months ago

The proprietary Nvidia graphics drivers works pretty well in most distros. Just go to your distro's driver manager and enable the proprietary driver.

[-] cyberfae@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Nvidia cards can still be tricky, especially on optimus laptops. It's not nearly as problematic as it used to be, but I still run into occasional issues with it. If I ever buy a new computer for gaming, I'm going to go with AMD.

[-] havokdj@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Linux gaming on laptops in GENERAL can still be tricky

Source: have both optimus and advantage laptops.

AMD mobile graphics tend to sometimes have less hiccups, but for the most part you are still going to have to tell the program to use the dGPU.

[-] cyberfae@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

I don't mind telling the game to use a dedicated graphics card and I don't mind tinkering in general, but I want the graphics driver to work as expected. For example my Nvidia optimus setup doesn't always play nice with the external monitor and I'm currently dealing an issue where an nvidia specific setting is needed to get some games working, but that same setting causes issues in other games.

[-] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 10 months ago

I did, and I’d do it again next time. You can eventually convince NVIDIA cards to go, but relatively, AMD just works.

[-] averyfalken@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 10 months ago

WiFi and Bluetooth yeah, if you run Linux mint setting up the proprietary drivers us literally like 2 buttons in the drivers menu

[-] muntedcrocodile@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I use manjaro xfce but i would reccommend fedora or mint if ya starting out. Fedora seems to just work most of the time hardware wise.

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