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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? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years 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

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

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