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Trying Out Pop OS on my laptop (lemmy.ca)
submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Hi all,

I'm traveling for a few months so I picked up a used gaming laptop from one of those trading sites. It's an ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 2024.

I initially went with Windows because I wanted to game. I was gonna miss my terminal for dev and a bunch of other things but I thought compatibility and not dealing with hassle was more important for now. The thing is, for some reason, the laptop would be running really hot all the time ... even when idling.

I got fed up and I put Pop OS! loaded steam with the compatibility stuff and ran a few games really well. My only issue so far was that the laptop keyboard didn't work during installation but after an update it was fine. The laptop obviously gets hot when running games but when idling it runs really cool.

This is now making me feel like I can convert my gaming desktop over as well!

I was considering Bazzite too? Anyone know if it's worth it?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I love POP OS, but it being stuck at 22.04 until Cosmic is done is less than ideal. But I'm hoping Cosmic's full release is both awesome and ready when 26.04 is upon us.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

Botched my prior install and went with 24.04

It is worth upgrade even with cosmic alpha

GNOME 46 works perfect if you don't want minor glitches

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Even if it's out of beta for 26.04, you'll probably want to wait a few releases before giving it a go. It's bound to be quite unstable for a few years.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Been running cosmic as dialy driver for a few months now. It is good enough

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 days ago

Second this. It was really rough for a while, but now it's mostly (mostly!) smooth. Still waiting for a mesa version with the Doom fixes, though, so don't expect frequent driver updates. I think maybe the stable Pop release is better with this?