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
  • @[email protected]
    83•2 years ago

    The hardware doesn’t matter too much these days

    WiFi, Bluetooth and Nvidia graphics have entered the chat

    • @[email protected]
      9•2 years 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.

      • @[email protected]English
        10•2 years 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.

        • ddhEnglish
          1•2 years ago

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

    • @[email protected]
      5•2 years ago

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