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Microsoft has not stopped forcing Edge on Windows 11 users. (www.ctrl.blog)

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm using an Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 2021 as my personal laptop and have been contemplating switching it over to Linux for a while now.

It's sporting an AMD Ryzen 5900HS and Nvidia RTX 3060 variant and very use steam for most of my games which I'm thinking wouldn't pose too many issue based on what I read here often.

My core concerns are:

Gaming is the biggest worry as my last experience with Ubuntu a few years ago was extremely frustrating with poor drivers, okay performance, and frequently requiring game specific fixes
I sometimes require Microsoft Office (collaborative documents for freelance design work).
I would very much like the Logitech Options+ companion software to work well or an alternative with the ability to set custom actions for all the buttons on my MX Master 3

Besides those:

This machine's reliance on its vendor software like Armory Crate etc. to perform well; an issue I've recently tackled by switching over to GHelper which unfortunately isn't available for Linux
I see Opensuse and Fedora recommended as plug and play with this machine and other distros requiring compiling and troubleshooting to work well; most cases quote much worse battery life than Windows and the need for multiple tools and command line fixes to achieve processor boost disabling and graphic switching
I sometimes use trainers in single player mode for games that my friends play (which I couldn't afford or didn't have time for when they started) so I can catch up with their progress and play together with them; I haven't seen anything specific about trainers like those from Fling working with Linux

Can anyone advise me regarding a good distro and whether I should go ahead with the switch considering the issues outlined above?

Thank you for your time and attention reading all that.

tl;dr: I want to switch to Linux but don't know which distro or how stable it would be for my Asus G14 with gaming and portable battery life as the primary concerns.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why not fedora? I use it with nvidia and everything works just fine. Sure you have to install nvidia drivers but that's quite literally one line to command line and you're set. Fedora nowadays let's you get closed source repos on installation

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

on windows you need to download the driver from the internet and install it manually. on linux you enter a command and it installs itself.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

this doesn't work most of the time, and if it works, it's an ancient version of the driver.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

+1 for Pop_OS and their Nvidia support. I've been using Pop_OS as my gaming rig daily driver for about a year or year and a half at this point. It has pretty much worked flawlessly. Just about the only complaint I have with System76 is their app store GUI is laggy and has a tendency to bug out if you try doing anything with it before it refreshes when first being opened.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I wouldn’t go with Opensuse or Fedora for gaming.

Why? I use openSUSE Tumbleweed for gaming and it's been rock solid. Seriously, I've never really had any issues. It has its quirks, but they are easily "fixed" by adding Packman and the Nvidia repos... and running an update.

I've tried Ubuntu multiple times and it was always a shitshow disaster. Mint was OK-ish, but had Ubuntu-related silliness.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

https://nobaraproject.org/ There is really no reason not to try. You can just try a bootable USB first to see if Linux works for you and your hardware config. It's a great way to test things and determine what distro and desktop environment works for you.

I've been using Piper for my logitech mouse: https://flathub.org/apps/org.freedesktop.Piper