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Recommend a laptop with good GNU/Linux support for a 3D artist (lemmy.ml)

submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My wife is looking for a portable device primarily for modeling in Blender and optionally for drawing in Krita. So we looking for something with a GNU/Linux support from manufacturer.

We considered https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-InfinityFlex-14-Gen1, it looks nice, but maybe you have other suggestions? Do you have experience with convertibles, how convenient is to draw on them?

We also considered https://earth.starlabs.systems/pages/starlite for drawing and a separate device for Blender, but having two devices might not be convenient...

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Since lots of ppl already cover laptop different options, i will skip this part.

Blender is a huge topic. What exactly does your wife exactly do? Something like sculpting, rigging don't need much gpu power. How complicated the scene is it? For a complicated scene with un-optimisted mesh, it can be expensive. The most expensive part should be high quality rendering. But you can use render farm to "outsourcing" jobs to remote hosts.

Also, it's 2024. Ww can already launch and run blender remotely thru vm and streaming technology smoothly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Mostly sculpting, less rendering. So yeah, we aren't GPU bound. Right now considering just a mini PC. Should be cheaper then a latpop since we don't planning to work on the go, just need something portable. And a tablet for drawing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

My 4 generation i7 4g desktop is still fine to do that. Lol.

I won't use that pc for complicated scanned un-optimisted scene though.