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
    545·
    10 months 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
      27·
      10 months 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

      • newIdentity@sh.itjust.works
        116·
        10 months ago

        Well I think my main problem with APUs on Linux doesn’t has anything to do with Linux. It’s just that the manifacturer doesn’t care about people using APUs for more than office work so they generally a bad experience when you try to for example game on it.

        Is this understandable or just word salad?

        • d3Xt3rM
          14·
          10 months ago

          As a gamer who uses a Thinkpad Z13 Gen1 with a Ryzen 6860Z APU, I disagree. Most games run just fine here via Proton-GE or Wine-GE. For newer AAA games however, you’ll need to dial down the graphics - but that’s expected of an iGPU. The most recent game I played on it was Diablo 4, which was running at a very playable ~45FPS at 1080p medium settings. This was on Nobara btw, a gaming-optimized distro based on Fedora.

          • Krtek@feddit.de
            4·
            10 months ago

            My experiences with a 4700U/5500U and 5600G has also been great on just Fedora

          • newIdentity@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            10 months ago

            Well I have a Ryzen 2400g and sometimes I get weird graphical glitches or issues that nobody else except people with a ryzen APU

    • phx@lemmy.ca
      8·
      10 months ago

      Steam Deck runs an AMD APU and it’s phenomenal for the scale. I’ve run a ton of systems on APU’s just fine.