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Just got a new laptop, what's the best method to check if it's hardware is compatible with a distro? (self.linuxquestions)

submitted 1 year ago by mortalic to c/linuxquestions

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I managed to get an ok deal on a Lenovo Legion slim 5 with the ryzen 5 7640hs and Geforce rtx 4050. My experience with Lenovo's on Linux in the past has been kind of mixed, is there a good way to check all the hardware for levels of compatibility?

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[–] scaryboat 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most distros can be set up on a live usb, so you can just run off of the usb and check if all your devices supported

[–] mortalic 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, that's true I suppose. I was just hoping there was a bit more mature, "this chipset is unsupported because of this" sort of thing now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would say boot from live USB but your experience will be poor without the nvidia bull

I would boot Pop os as it has special nvidia iso

[–] mortalic 1 points 1 year ago

Solid advice, thanks. Been meaning to try pop os anyway.

[–] cactux 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This site could also be useful for checking on Linux compatibility: https://linux-hardware.org/

Edit: missed that it was posted before. Sorry for the noise😊

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I struggled getting my optimus laptop(hybrid graphics Intel/nvidia) working properly.

They key was disabling secure boot which meant the kernel modules could be loaded

I think this causes a bunch of problems

[–] zephyr 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If it's a Thinkpad then archwiki and thinkwiki both are great resources for all features support status.

Otherwise https://linux-hardware.org/

[–] mortalic 1 points 1 year ago

It's not, it's Lenovo Legion, part of their gaming line. I'll take a look at that anyway, maybe there is some crossover.