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Considerations For Buying a New Laptop (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
submitted 5 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Hey all. I've recently swapped to Linux and I've been really enjoying it so far. I'm still pretty new to basically every aspect of it, though, so I'm not super sure what things I should be wary of with regard to hardware, in particular with Mint.

I was looking at buying a newer laptop to keep up with my main game, but it occurred to me that newer hardware may come with either a host of issues or be less supported than older hardware.

Any advice for laptops in this regard?

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[–] 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Fingerprint readers and touchscreens can be hit or miss for Linux support.

I think this is a list of supported readers. When you get a shortlist of devices you want to purchase, compare its fingerprint reader with this list: https://fprint.freedesktop.org/supported-devices.html

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