I’m considering picking up a cheapish laptop for development, with the intent of installing Linux on it. Typically it’ll be Java development or other stuff in docket containers. Is there a best chipset to pick for Linux or are they pretty much identical these days?

  • newIdentity@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    But AMD APUs are shit on Linux since theyre not really officially supported. I mean they have drivers, but the drivers are shit

    Actually APUs are generally shit on Linux.

    • frathiemann@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      I have to disagree with you on that. While it is true, that intel laptop chipsets offer often greater linux support than the amd chipsets, both platforms support linux and are much more dependent on the manufacturer of the motherboard than on the chipset

      With the second statement I totally disagree. I even would go as far as to suggest the opposite. Linux on laptos only makes sense for APUs, since switching between dedicated and integrated graphics is still a manual process and using only the dedicated graphics chip tanks the battery life