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TUXEDO Computers Launches First All-AMD Linux Gaming Laptop (www.phoronix.com)

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Great! It's good to see they are also contributing upstream!

If you're not rich or willing enough to contribute to this, the ASUS TUF Advantage (2023) is a very similar all-AMD gaming laptop, a good fit for Linux, at roughly half the price on sale. I've been using it for a few months now. Zen3+ cores instead of Zen4 but 32GB RAM and an RX7600S, but with only 1920x1200 pixels at 165 Hz, instead of 1440p.

Just make sure to install a distro with a recent kernel version:

Pop!_OS (best "just works" distro with recent kernel)
Fedora 39+ or derivative (such as Nobara)
Archlinux or a derivative like EndeavourOS or Garuda

Linux Mint will not work out of the box so if you insist on Linux Mint, you will have to install a newer kernel yourself.

It's good but not strictly necessary to install asusctl and supergfxctl on it for stuff like limiting battery charge to 80% and turning off the dGPU when working away from wall power.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nobara is better than pop_os

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Thanks for sharing your experience! I don't have a strong opinion about distributions, but just wanted to give some pointers to distros that come with a recent Linux kernel (6.5 or greater) for people who aren't familiar.

Pop!_OS and Linux Mint seem to be the most recommended for beginners, probably because the net is filled with "how to do X on Ubuntu". I recognize that Nobara, Fedora and OpenSUSE have an enthusiastic following too and I really think all of the distros I mentioned are good in their own way.

Am running EndeavourOS Sway Community Edition myself, but I definitely wouldn't recommend that particular variant to people who don't know what they're getting into. Have tried to contribute a fix to it but it's unmaintained currently.