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What Linux Dirstro is the best to run on my framework AMD 13inch? (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello looking for some community help. I was seeing a lot of videos about battery life issues with mint Linux distro anybody have any opinions or suggestions?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'd definitely suggest going for a distro running a more recent kernel. I got Arch up and running easily enough with the archinstall script.

Fedora worked like "a charm" too. Probably the best Linux experience 'out-of-the-box' for sure.

Hate to say it, but the actual best distro to run on your AMD FW13 might be WSL though LOL. At least for right now, depending on your moral compass and your tolerance for wonkiness.

AMD driver support on Linux seemed a bit lackluster. I also think even Richard Stallman would have a tough time getting similar battery life right now.

I ended up ditching my principals and slapping Win 11 on it for more confidence-inducing GPU drivers and to cure its insomnia. Licensed through a legitimate source, of course.

Okay, I'm ready for my downvotes lol.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Just took the penguin off my flair 😭