What is the best current gaming laptop that comes with Linux pre-installed? I don’t want to “pay Microsoft” by buying a Windows-licensed machine. Please suggest the best value-for-money option (original retail price) with 32 GB or more of RAM. I’m willing to upgrade hardware myself, but I want a high-quality, durable machine — I plan to use this laptop for more than five years.

“What is your budget?”

around $1,400 USD, but if there is a $2000 laptop with higher ratio of quality / price I would choose that one.

“What size do you want?”

Any normal size.

“What screen resolution?”

Any, as long as it’s not 720p.

“Which GPU?”

As good as possible, I care more about highest ratio of quality / price

“And if you want warranty, which country are you in?”

I don’t need a warranty.

  • Holeheadou92984@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    23 hours ago

    The System76 Pangolin has an AMD APU that’s pretty powerful. I have the Ryzen7 model, but the newer ones are Ryzen9. Comes pre-installed with Pop_OS!, but they also provide firmware packages for Arch, Ubuntu, Fedora, and NixOS. I’ve also tested Nobara and Bazzite on it with good results.

    Thank you I will check it now

    Also, “most economical” is tough these days with the tariffs and all. I got my Pangolin for $1000 shipped, then a few months later the tariffs hit and the price rose to $1500 before shipping.

    By most economical I actually meant value-for-money option (original retail price) I have edited my post.

    • phaedrus@piefed.worldEnglish
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      23 hours ago

      I just saw your other comment where you mention wanting to play CyberPunk 2077. FWIW, it runs great on my Ryzen7 model almost highest settings, so I’m sure it won’t have any issues on the Ryzen9.

      Good luck with the hunt!

      • Holeheadou92984@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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        22 hours ago

        I just saw your other comment where you mention wanting to play CyberPunk 2077. FWIW, it runs great on my Ryzen7 model almost highest settings, so I’m sure it won’t have any issues on the Ryzen9.

        thanks for the feedback!