Yes, IMO. If you haven’t bought the hardware yet, there’s no reason to subject yourself to the headache of lacking Linux support, instead support companies that value open source.
AMD and Intel GPU’s simply work out of the box with all features.
And it’s not like on a laptop you need the highest of high end graphics acceleration anyway.
Question: Is buying a Laptop with a Nvidia graphic card is bad idea for Linux(XFCE user)?
Yes, IMO. If you haven’t bought the hardware yet, there’s no reason to subject yourself to the headache of lacking Linux support, instead support companies that value open source.
AMD and Intel GPU’s simply work out of the box with all features.
And it’s not like on a laptop you need the highest of high end graphics acceleration anyway.
Thanks
If you actually have a choice stay away from Nvidia although it’s been a hot minute since I last saw a laptop with an amd gpu.
If possible get a laptop with a thunderbolt 3 port and a compatable external gpu
Yes.
I’ve got a laptop with nvidia graphics and I’ve never had a problem.
Most of the serious problems have to do with Wayland, so xfce will be fine. I’m running it on a t480 with a geforce mx150 just fine.
If it’s a good deal, take it. Even if you do decide to switch ot Wayland at some point, those issues should be mostly fixed soon™
Yea XFCE use X protocol for now but maybe in next release it will use Wayland that’s why I was asking and Thanks
They’re adding Wayland support, but xfce moves slowly and focuses on stability. I doubt x11 will be gone any time soon.