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I would say be extremely careful with the model that you purchase. I purchased the new E15 Gen 3 AMD model (I know, my mistake) and running Linux on it has been

I would say be extremely careful with the model that you purchase. I purchased the new E15 Gen 3 AMD model (I know, my mistake) and running Linux on it has been pure hell. I installed Ubuntu 16.04 initially and half of the drivers did not load. Every time I installed a new driver another cog stopped working. It was a mess to get Bluetooth working, WiFi just wouldn't work and my display driver straight up wouldn't work. After a week of getting stuck in this tangled mess, I decided to move to 18.04 assuming that drivers would be available on a later version of an LTS distribution. I was partialy right, I managed to get the WiFi and Bluetooth working but the god damn display drivers just won't load. This means I cannot suspend my PC, adjust brightness or connect to an external monitor. I will sell you this machine but looks like you need linux as well. So I have a decently speced hexa-core PC with a dream keyboard, great screen but cannot run Ubuntu which is what my job as a robotics engineer most need. Everytime I look at it I'm infuriated at my utter lack of due diligence. There's a guide on the Ubuntu website with a list of supported PCs. Refer to that before making a purchase. Its hellish, frustrating and heartbreaking otherwise. /rant

doubled112 5y ago
I know it's just a rant, and I'm assuming that you need some specific software for the job, but both of those OSs are ancient in terms of hardware support. Maybe the HWE stack gets it going, but maybe it breaks other things too. The Linux kernel containing the drivers as the distribution model is usually seen as a good thing, but it's also a huge downside when it comes to these problems. There's just no easy way to get a new GPU driver onto an older OS (except Nvidia). Any WiFi card that isn't Intel is probably going to be a fun time. 16.04 is ~ 5 years older than the hardware. 18.04 is still ~ 3 years older than the hardware. For example, the 3500U in my ASUS laptop still had problems in 20.04. That's an older CPU/GPU but much newer OS.

doubled112 5y ago

I know it's just a rant, and I'm assuming that you need some specific software for the job, but both of those OSs are ancient in terms of hardware support. Maybe the HWE stack gets it going, but maybe it breaks other things too. The Linux kernel containing the drivers as the distribution model is usually seen as a good thing, but it's also a huge downside when it comes to these problems. There's just no easy way to get a new GPU driver onto an older OS (except Nvidia). Any WiFi card that isn't Intel is probably going to be a fun time. 16.04 is ~ 5 years older than the hardware. 18.04 is still ~ 3 years older than the hardware. For example, the 3500U in my ASUS laptop still had problems in 20.04. That's an older CPU/GPU but much newer OS.