What budget gaming laptops work well with Linux? - eviltoast

I’ve seen stuff about Nvidia cards not working well with Linux, is that true?

If one was in the market for a new laptop anyway, would you recommend not getting nvidia and going with AMD?

I’m currently intrigued by the Lenovo LOQ line (full size numpad). Not buying anytime soon, just scoping out good brands and ideas.

*Primary role is laptop productivity, secondary role is maybe patient gaming, so I’m ok with budget gaming. Going Linux is not guaranteed, but maybe in the future because windows keeps getting more nuts. So I’m looking for info to make sure Linux is possible.

*I want this to last a long time, 10 years should be easy.

  • Radioactive Radio@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    Can confirm, I have an mx 130 from like 2017. Still works like it used to. Garbage. But it’s the weak GPU not a driver issue. There are driver issues but dropping support isn’t one of em.