I’m considering getting a laptop for Linux and want to know a few things before I do. Some important info before I start: I don’t plan on using the laptop for anything too intense, mainly writing, digital art, streaming, browsing, and maybe very mild video editing (cropping at least and shortening at most). I would also prefer the laptop to be inexpensive, preferably under 1000 USD

I mainly want to know if whether I should get a laptop by a manufacturer that specializes in Linux or a laptop that runs a different OS (exp: Windows) to install Linux on later. I’ve also scouted out quite a few distros and have a good idea of which ones I would like using

I’ve already looked at a few mainline Linux hardware producers like System76 but want to know if it’s worth it before sinking money into it

  • PurrJPro@beehaw.orgOP
    3·
    1 year ago

    Oh, really? I knew AMD was more popular among Linux users, but I never really made the connection that it was better, lol. Thanks!

    • NateSwift@beehaw.org
      6·
      1 year ago

      nvidia drivers on linux is troublesome. They don’t support their own proprietary drivers well and don’t share with the devs working on open source ones. As expected, you end up with two different feature incomplete drivers and it’s a huge hassle.

      iirc you should be fine with an intel or and cpu and it’s just the gpu you need to be careful with, but my experience is with an amd cpu and nvidia gpu so I may be wrong

      • PurrJPro@beehaw.orgOP
        2·
        1 year ago

        I see. It sucks that proprietary stuff clashes so much with open source stuff but it’s not unexpected unfortunately :( thank you for this!

    • Mereo@lemmy.ca
      4·
      1 year ago

      Oooooh yeah. I currently have an AMD video card and it’s heaven. No drivers problems, KDE Wayland works perfectly, it’s just absolutely awesome.