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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* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Ubuntu 24.04 would both be a solid recommendation, as you don't really need a 'gaming' distro per se to game on Linux! It boils down to software choices, hardware support, and a recent Linux Kernel for said hardware support. (I edited this due to noticing the laptop you are using has an NVIDIA Graphics card, and historically Fedora takes umbrage with proprietary drivers).

I run Kubuntu 24.04, using Heroic Launcher for installation and playing my GOG games, Steam (with Proton Compatibility Layer for non-native games) for games I bought there.

If you want to, there's nothing wrong with using Bazzite on your laptop. Bazzite is more useful for gaming handhelds in my opinion; while any distro with sane defaults work just as well.

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

Kubuntu with the minimal install is a great choice. All the benefits of Ubuntu and KDE Plasma without the Snap rubbish. Canonical still gives me ick, though.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago

Kubuntu is pretty solid, I personally went with the full install...KDE Plasma is so flexible and can look it's best with the tweaks users can apply. For the getting Flatpaks over Snaps, you do need to enable the option in Discover, but once you have and restarted...Snaps (save system critical ones) will be optional to install, and Flatpaks will take priority in Discover. Canonical low-key annoys me with their insistence on focusing on Snaps over Flatpaks. They are creating fragmentation in the Linux space just to establish a proprietary packaging system; Canonical is one of the most corporate Linux distros, but damn, the advantages of third party support codecs and drivers right before installation is blessed. Makes setting up a PC so easy. I hit the ground running, often after only 20 minutes, being able to use my PC without further configuration demands.