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Considerations For Buying a New Laptop (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 day ago by MissesAutumnRains@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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Hey all. I've recently swapped to Linux and I've been really enjoying it so far. I'm still pretty new to basically every aspect of it, though, so I'm not super sure what things I should be wary of with regard to hardware, in particular with Mint.

I was looking at buying a newer laptop to keep up with my main game, but it occurred to me that newer hardware may come with either a host of issues or be less supported than older hardware.

Any advice for laptops in this regard?

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[–] juipeltje@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Usually wifi cards are the biggest potential issue. If you're buying something brand new that hasn't been out yet for that long, your best bet is to probably use something arch-based as a distro so that you get the latest kernel versions. When i bought my ideapad years ago i tried installing void on it, but the kernel on the iso was too old and my wifi card wasn't recognized. I had to use usb tethering on my phone to update the system. After that everything was working.

[–] MissesAutumnRains@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Oof, thanks for the heads up. I honestly think I have a pretty good list of components to double check at this point and it's driving me away from anything bleeding edge. Whatever I end up getting, it'll be something that's new-ish right now, but I'll be buying it a year from now.