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Windows 11 vs Linux supported HW (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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[–] 87 points 3 years ago (12 children)

carefully select hardware

lmao, i've exclusively run linux on franken pcs cobbled together out of mostly second hand parts

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago

    The first thing I installed windows on was an discarded office tower that I had to put new memory And hard drives in. Shit was ancient and specifically did not want anything but windows installed on it. Installed Linux anyway. Works great. No specific hardware

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    Pop OS has native drivers for nVidia GPUs even 😎🐧

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago* (5 children)

    I think this is a bit misleading.

    Most or at least the majority of distros offer the proprietary nvidia driver.

    Pop, Zorin, Ubuntu, Garuda, etc just bundle it in the install media as an option.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    I definitely had much less issues with my Nvidia card on pop os than I did with any of the other like 5 distros I tried.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    have been using various distros over the years and never had issues with the nvidia driver on any of them 🤷‍♂️

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    Linux has always been my go to for that specific use case as well, and I honestly have very little Linux experience. Linux just makes bizarre half broken hardware, like bad ram, work.

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