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Should I get certain brand parts for my computer for Linux? (self.linuxmint)

submitted 1 year ago by frozencat to c/[email protected]

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New to Linux heard something about nvidia not going well on Linux is this true also do I a certain brand CPU thanks in advance 😃

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[–] synapse1278 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not so much about the brand, but if you are buying brand new parts, you need to make sure they are supported by the Linux Kernel. Latest version of Linux mint comes with kernel 6.2, that was released on February 2023. Hardware (CPU, GPU, wifi cards, etc) released after this date may not work directely after installing Linux Mint. You may have to do manual steps to update the kernel if you encounter issues.

[–] frozencat 1 points 1 year ago

thanks for the advice :D