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Sat, 05 Oct 2024 10:08:16 -0400

I will say that Bazzite is fantastic on the Steam deck, personally I did it for GNOME

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Sun, 26 Dec 2021 10:58:08 -0400

Hardware compatibility largely comes down to your kernel version. The other major consideration is firmware, which some distros like Fedora can manage and update for you through tools like fwupdmgr, what firmwares are available largely depend on the package repos you are using. There’s also the ability to run some Windows WIFI drivers on Linux using ndiswrapper which can be useful if your wifi card doesn’t have native kernel support. Either way, it’s usually a good idea to look up your system on something like the Arch Wiki and check out compatibility and see if there are any changes you should make to improve compatibility.

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Mon, 15 Nov 2021 02:18:51 -0400

I have an XPS 7590 running Fedora 35 and it’s pretty solid. All the hardware works out of the box, except for the fingerprint scanner. Runs very quickly, is able to play games with Steam, WIFI works perfectly fine not sure where that critique came from. I too have a Bluetooth mouse, works just as you would expect.

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Thu, 22 Jul 2021 15:50:30 -0400

I run Fedora on my XPS 15 and doubt there’s much of a difference. I get firmware updates and everything through Gnome Software. My fingerprint scanner does not work, but all other devices work just fine.

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Thu, 21 Jan 2021 14:51:52 -0400

Logitech devices work well in Linux for the most part, these are basic wireless peripherals they’ll work exactly as expected.

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Fri, 01 Jan 2021 11:47:28 -0400

I would not buy a Pentium, an i5 seems OK but in 2021 you’re probably going to do better price/performance-wise by looking at Rysen systems. The saving grace of the first system you linked to was USB-C charging, which typically I say is a hard requirement. I guess if your extremely budget-conscious then maybe you look past it, but personally, I’d rather dig through used laptops and try to find something last generation with decent specs and perhaps thunderbolt if you really plan on using the thing full-time. I would also make sure any laptop I bought had one or two M.2 slots (supporting NVMe), upgradable RAM, and personally I’d gauk at anything with an optical drive.

But the best advice for buying a linux laptop is searching forums and the arch wiki for guides and threads about people setting it up. Make sure the bluetooth and wifi are compatible (or at least easily swappable), that the system can enter deep sleep states (S3/S5), that it has support for Virtualization (the i5 should), and that the thermals are good enough that it doesn’t sound like a jet engine in Linux.

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Thu, 26 Sep 2019 21:35:06 -0400

Ultrawide, all the way. I have a 34" at 3440x1440 and it’s great to game on, and even better to work on.

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Sat, 03 Aug 2019 13:17:30 -0400

I got one of these last week, I like it a lot so far. The major issue I’ve had so far is with the two WD-15 docks I own. The one at work works more-or-less, but it doesn’t bring the system out of standby. At home, the display has stopped working. This reminds me of the early days of my XPS 9550 (same laptop, a few generations ago) and these problems were totally solved by the time this laptop came along. The other major issue is the fingerprint reader isn’t supported, but it looks like the libfprint people are working on it. Otherwise, it’s been a great laptop for Fedora 30. Everything else seems to be well supported. The wifi didn’t work out of the box, but I plugged in a USB device and ran the updates and that sorted it out.

Edit: I was also pleased to discover that my 45 watt USB-C PD battery, that I hoped would work for my 9550, does work with the 7590.