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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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[–] aspitzer@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (41 children)

Nvidia works just fine on Linux despite what anyone says. People are just upset because it's a closed source driver. I have used Nvidia exclusively for like decades without issue. Just purchased an RTX3090ti (upgrade from a 2060) for Ollama, InvokeAI, and ComfyUi. Plus I do a lot of gaming. All of it works right out of the box with no tweaking.

[–] BananaTrifleViolin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

I've had lots of problems with Nvidia over the years; you're lucky not to. Latest has been with Wayland which are ongoing. That being said Nvidia drivers are much better generally than they used to be, and I've not had the myriad of small issues I used to get.

This is less to do with them being closed source drivers so much as their drivers being poorly maintained in the past. They seem much better maintained but even now the software support lags behind windows - you have to use 3rd party open source software to make use of the streaming features for example.

[–] 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 (3 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.

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[–] SaveMotherEarthEDF@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I don't see why it won't play nice with linux but as to if you should buy this laptop... it doesn't look in a good shape. I am a bit biased as I had poor experience with laptops with gpus. Old laptops can have bent heatsinks so you can't control the temps no matter what. If yiu are hell bent on buying it then I'd recommend to stress test both gpu and cpu and look for heavy thermal throttling

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[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

That's a good deal for this laptop and while Nvidia sucks on Linux (you'll have some support issues), that graphics card isn't the worst offender.

Tldr yes buy and install Linux. You'll have to tinker for the graphics card though.

[–] jeena@piefed.jeena.net 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Nvidia and Linux don't play well. Also if you are able to add a little bit more I bought a new Lenovo IdeaPad Slim 3 14" with a AMD Ryzen processor and without Windows but instead there was FreeDOS preinstalled for $440.

I just installed linux on it and everything worked perfectly for 3 years now, I'm very happy with it. It's not the most powerful, so I can't edit videos on it, but I can play Minecraft, I can program, use the browser with all Microsoft 350 stuff and so on without any problems.

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