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   Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Tuesday, 10-Dec-2024 09:03:54 JST Seasons of Jason

   Know what will never get old? Installing Linux (in this case the amazing Garuda) on a $3000 beast of a gaming PC and watching everything work great out of the box with zero tweaking required.

   100% seriously: getting up and running for gaming is 2x faster on Garuda than on Windows 11.

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     Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 01:40:59 JST Seasons of Jason

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     Before I write up the Linux experience on this PC (an HP OMEN 35L), I'd REALLY like to find a solution for customizing the case lighting. On Windows, I tried two open-source alternatives -- openRGB and OmenMon -- and neither support it desktop OMENs.

     My research suggests you're stuck with HP's proprietary software.

     Which, along with the inclusion of McAfee, is my biggest complaint about the system: https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2024/12/10/hp-omen-35l-gaming-pc-review-this-is-not-what-i-expected/

     EVERYTHING ELSE works flawlessly on Linux out of the box :(

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     Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 02:10:20 JST Seasons of Jason

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     • Psyhackological

     @psyhackological It's easier now because so much hardware is supported in the Linux kernel. Almost all modern chipsets and GPUs from AMD, Intel and Nvidia are supported, though the latter requires a proprietary driver which most distros should provide during installation or in a post-install update.

     Newer ARM processors aren't supported very widely yet.

     Good first step: check the Ubuntu Certified hardware list https://ubuntu.com/certified

     If it's there, it's likely supported on all distros.

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     Psyhackological (psyhackological@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 02:10:21 JST Psyhackological

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     @killyourfm how did you pick hardware for your PC so the Linux is well supported?

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     Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 02:17:32 JST Seasons of Jason

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     • Psyhackological

     @psyhackological You could also check out companies selling Linux PCs (Tuxedo, System76, etc) and see what components they're using.

     And you can definitely just ask here if you're not sure. I'll give it a boost so the question will find someone who knows for sure!

     Again, hardware support is in a great place now, and I think you'd struggle to build a PC that won't run Linux perfectly out of the box.

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     Psyhackological (psyhackological@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 02:38:35 JST Psyhackological

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     @killyourfm thanks! I also heard of https://linux-hardware.org/

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     Seasons of Jason (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Thursday, 12-Dec-2024 02:38:35 JST Seasons of Jason

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     • Psyhackological

     @psyhackological Good call! I wanted to recommend that, but wasn't sure how frequently it's updated / maintained.