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    submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by KISSmyOS@feddit.de to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
     
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    [–] sag@lemm.ee 8 points 7 months ago (6 children)

    Question: Is buying a Laptop with a Nvidia graphic card is bad idea for Linux(XFCE user)?

    [–] KISSmyOS@feddit.de 27 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

    Yes, IMO. If you haven't bought the hardware yet, there's no reason to subject yourself to the headache of lacking Linux support, instead support companies that value open source.
    AMD and Intel GPU's simply work out of the box with all features.

    And it's not like on a laptop you need the highest of high end graphics acceleration anyway.

    [–] xuniL@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 months ago

    I use the integrated graphics of my Ryzen 9 7940HS and they're more than enough for all workloads. Light weight gaming also works pretty well on it.

    [–] sag@lemm.ee 4 points 7 months ago
    [–] MyNamesNotRobert@lemmynsfw.com 4 points 7 months ago

    If you actually have a choice stay away from Nvidia although it's been a hot minute since I last saw a laptop with an amd gpu.

    [–] zaph@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

    I've got a laptop with nvidia graphics and I've never had a problem.

    [–] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

    If possible get a laptop with a thunderbolt 3 port and a compatable external gpu

    [–] Shareni@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Most of the serious problems have to do with Wayland, so xfce will be fine. I'm running it on a t480 with a geforce mx150 just fine.

    If it's a good deal, take it. Even if you do decide to switch ot Wayland at some point, those issues should be mostly fixed soon™

    [–] sag@lemm.ee 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    Yea XFCE use X protocol for now but maybe in next release it will use Wayland that's why I was asking and Thanks

    [–] Shareni@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

    They're adding Wayland support, but xfce moves slowly and focuses on stability. I doubt x11 will be gone any time soon.

    [–] sag@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago