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RedPandaRaider@feddit.org ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

I will mainly switch to Linux whenever I feel ready for the headache of setting it up for the first time. Already got another M.2 SSD to run it alongside my existing Win 10 for anything that doesn’t run on Linux.

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MiDaBa@lemmy.ml ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
It really depends on your hardware. I have a Dell XPS with an 11th gen Intel i5 that I’m running Fedora (Gnome desktop environment) on and it was rock solid from minute one. Things to check:

Make sure your network card is supported. Intel network cards are some of the better choices for open source compatibility. On most laptops this can be swapped out if necessary.

Camera

Touchpad

Fingerprint sensor

Sound driver

Any niche functions or modules. Think things like a secondary display on the keyboard, speciality ports etc.

Support is much better now than in the past and remember you don’t need everything to work to have a good time. My fingerprint sensor doesn’t work but it didn’t work well under windows so no big loss for me.

You can always use a live bootable USB drive to test your hardware without having to commit to anything. This will tell you a lot about the experience you might have after installation. Heck, if you’re board you can try this right now and it won’t touch your current hard drive or operating system.
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