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[Solved] Sorry if this not related to this community because I don't know where to ask, but should I buy this laptop? and does it play nice with Linux. (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by ColdWater@lemmy.ca to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Price: 370$
Model: Asus ROG Strix G15 (G531GV)

CPU: Intel I7 9th Gen
GPU: Nvidia RTX 2060 6GB
Ram: 16GB
Storage: Samsung SSD 980 Pro 1TB (NVME)

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[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

People are just upset because it's a closed source driver.

Absolute nonsense. I've attempted to install them on several Nvidia devices with no success. Even distros that explicitly state Nvidia support out of the box. Could I have made it work? Maybe. Do I have time to fuck with it? No. Just get AMD and be guaranteed it'll work. Why bother?

Just because you've had a different experience doesn't invalidate others'.

[–] aspitzer@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have no idea how you are having trouble with this. Are you using some weird disto or something bleeding edge? Like with Ubuntu, select "use proprietary drivers" and it always works. NixOS works fine too without hassle.

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I have no idea how you're not having trouble with this.

select "use proprietary drivers" and it always works

You're assuming that it "always" happens because it happens for you. It simply does not. Everyone in this thread agreeing with me is not just stupid.

[–] Cpo@lemm.ee 1 points 7 hours ago

Don't know what it is in this thread. "It did not work for you so you must have done something wrong"?

See my thread where some dude says it should just work (when he is just doing LTS kernel updates only and not updating in general).

Comments simply blaming the user based on their limited usecase are hardly constructive.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

You will never convince an Nvidia fan that Nvidia has ever done anything badly.