My laptop is an MSI Sword 15 A11UD. But I’m really looking for a program that analyses and projects problem areas and supported/unsupported hardware

  • Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.comOP
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    4 months ago

    I just looked at pop os, doesn’t seem like a bad option, what are the downvotes about?

    I do have Nvidia btw, does that=problems?

    • jrgd@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      Generally, yes. It’s not nearly as bad as say 2015 but NVidia has a long standing history of being difficult to deal with, and users having to make constant compromises. For instance, NVidia hasn’t had properly working Wayland support on most environments until recently due to the awful flickering that many users experienced. Things like power saving, dual GPU handoff, general OpenGL performance, frame stability and tearing (X.Org), etc. have been either historical and/or current pain points for using NVidia GPUs vs AMD or Intel GPUs.

    • ryannathans@aussie.zone
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      4 months ago

      Managing drivers for nvidia is a constant headache for the nvidia linux community. Pop os devs manage them for you (with a QA team) with pop os so your system never breaks from a bad nvidia update

      Downvotes probably from snarky “arch btw” users that like to micromanage their system