I currently have a low end Windows gaming laptop that I was planning to upgrade to Linux before Win10 goes end of life, but my HDMI port stopped working, so now I’m debating buying a new Linux laptop instead. Can anyone provide any recommendations?
I would prefer to have something preloaded with linux. On my current laptop I don’t play anything too demanding because it can’t handle it, instead I either stream more demanding games from my desktop or Xbox. I would likely run a VM with Windows because I need to use MS Office for school and I assume I could use that for streaming Xbox games as well.
I would prefer something that can handle a moderate game load without going nuts on fan noise. I would like to have a decent amount of storage (at least 1-2 TB), so either preloaded with that or easily upgradeable would be important.
I’m still figuring out my budget, it depends on what happens with work this summer. I will either be looking for something below $1k or possibly up to $2k if it seems worthwhile. I haven’t really used Linux very much before and not at all in the last 10 years. Any ideas?
If you want something preinstalled then I would recommend something from system76 or Framework if you are in the US. And unless you are using the full MS Office suite with email heavily you can do all that with Libreoffice or OnlyOffice(On Archlinux there are clients for things like MS teams and stuff, there should be on other distros too).
I have a Lenovo Ideapad3 i3 iIntel processor and 8GB of RAM and play usually light indie games and it works fine with no excessive fan noise.
There is Steam OS which is obviously tailored for gaming so I guess that would be exactly what you need.