phaedrus

I’ll never touch Windows again, and stopped using it over a decade ago. I unfortunately don’t have any experience related to this laptop, but when it comes to dual-booting other OS’s it’s no different than any other machine. I can’t imagine it would have issues with Windows, and System76 has some info on installing Windows

I don’t have to do anything special to run games, though. I pirate a lot, and play legit Steam games as well. Only issues I run into are related to anti-cheat, but that’s nothing new for Linux gaming. Once you’re in Windows, it likely won’t be any different than using Windows on another machine.

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!

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.

https://system76.com/laptops/pang15/configure

I can play pretty much any game, as long as it runs in Proton normally, with very little FPS issues. Only games that chug are poorly optimized to begin with, but usually dropping the res to 1600x900 with FSR on will fix most issues.

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.

He look like Dr. Evil, too, with those eyes.

At least Dr. Evil listened to his cronies and acknowledged he was out of touch with his initial low-ball demands.

Being obvious doesn’t mean it’s true, especially on the internet with so little detail given.

If you look at the edit to the post, that is not the reason, so I’m glad that I asked and didn’t just assume.

You could always carry some lumber in through the front door and accidentally destroy it…

Curious for the reason why you can’t get rid of it? Renting?

Ahh, so this is where the concept of “rollover minutes” went, into bubbles

They’re already saying that

Or use it to finally be truthful with everyone else that they are, in fact, the very same as he is.