☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agoLenovo Cuts the Windows Tax and offers Cheaper Laptops with Linux Pre-installednews.itsfoss.comexternal-linkmessage-square27linkfedilinkarrow-up1214arrow-down13
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minus-squareThe Menemen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 day agoFedora or Ubuntu. But I’d say the important part is that they probably provide all necessary drivers.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoUsually enabling Ubuntu’s third party / proprietary repo covers all necessary drivers. I remember having lots of driver issues on fedora but that was like two decades ago. I’d imagine they have that sorted now. Anyway this is good news. Grow the user base.
minus-squareThe Menemen@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 hours agoOn a notebook it still can be troublesome. I know from very recent Asus TUF experience…
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoThese seem to be the two most commonly supported distros by laptop manufacturers. Framework officially support these two distros, too (they have unofficial guides for a bunch of other distros though)
Fedora or Ubuntu. But I’d say the important part is that they probably provide all necessary drivers.
Usually enabling Ubuntu’s third party / proprietary repo covers all necessary drivers.
I remember having lots of driver issues on fedora but that was like two decades ago. I’d imagine they have that sorted now.
Anyway this is good news. Grow the user base.
On a notebook it still can be troublesome. I know from very recent Asus TUF experience…
These seem to be the two most commonly supported distros by laptop manufacturers. Framework officially support these two distros, too (they have unofficial guides for a bunch of other distros though)