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Recommend a laptop with good GNU/Linux support for a 3D artist (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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My wife is looking for a portable device primarily for modeling in Blender and optionally for drawing in Krita. So we looking for something with a GNU/Linux support from manufacturer.

We considered https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-InfinityFlex-14-Gen1, it looks nice, but maybe you have other suggestions? Do you have experience with convertibles, how convenient is to draw on them?

We also considered https://earth.starlabs.systems/pages/starlite for drawing and a separate device for Blender, but having two devices might not be convenient...

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (2 children)

For blender nvidia gpu is a the best for cycles as it has optiX support.

If she does ONLY modeling and uses eevee renders without viewport previews then integrated graphics could work.

If she wants viewport preview then dedicated GPU is a must. IDK how fares AMD gpu in blender as I didn't have one for years.

Some gaming laptops with dedicated GPUs need external kernel modules just to work if they even have one.

My best bet would be to go for old gaming laptop.

My second best bet would be to go for system76 as they have some gaming laptops

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

cycles is hilariously usable on weak hardware (though faster hardware is definitely desirable), I tried it on my Intel hd4000 and it somehow works

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can you explain a bit what did you do?

How is cycles in viewport behaving?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I'm dumb, it was prolly running on my i7-3632qm because cycles needs dGPUs for gpu acceleration

it's still a 12yo processor though

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Thanks! Yes, she interested only in modeling. Cycles needed more for cool showcases 😅 Will take a look at System76.