Hello!
I got a laptop from internship for keeps that I’m dual booting Manjaro and Windows 11 from. I am mostly planning to use Manjaro for when I need to test some drives in questionable condition and also for media consumption.
Given that I’ve only used it inside VM before, is there any piece of software or drivers or anything I should need outside from what the OS installed and upgraded? It’s an old Lenovo X250 with Intel’s integrated graphics.
Thanks!
Nope should be easy and just run. Intel contributes to the kennel and Mesa development.
That is good to know, thank you!
I did try Geekbench on both Windows and Linux side. It ran better and quieter on Linux due to the background processes not hogging all the resources.
I only use Windows for a few professional applications now otherwise I’m full-time Linux.
It’s just so much better than Windows these days.
I study at college and we’ve only touched Linux on server side. It’s very weird on desktop side and takes time getting used to. I’m still trying to get some games to work.
If some games, are giving difficulty, in Linux, that SHOULD run – it may be Proton affiliated
[work on an certain/older suite, versus Valves ongoing experimental]
What Desktop Environment did you pick, I personally use KDE Plasma as its the most like windows 7 but with constant improvements since release.
Lots of people like Gnome which is a bit more like a Mac but is distinct enough its kinda its own thing.
@GoldenAngel1997 I did go with older, but I also ran some Lutris setup and I quite frankly can’t be bothered right now to check which one was the culprit.
@infinitevalence I went with KDE Plasma. I’ve used it in VM quite a bit. It has some quirks I still don’t like, like the icons in terminal. I tried to move to root from home directory in terminal and it would throw some weird error, so I rolled back to bash, I think?
I don’t really like Gnome personally.
That’s the joy of Linux. There are many options. Just search around until you find what does work for you. I used KDE for years and went with Mint Cinnamon 2 or 3 years ago. The dark mode works for me and it just feels right for what I do. You’ll find your favorite in time.
Cheers.
I’ve used Manjaro KDE in virtual machine for few years actually, mostly just for casual browsing and tinkering. I quite like it but there are still some elements about it I don’t really fancy. Mostly the rounded corners. I know it’s Linux and I can very likely change all that, and I might at some point.
I will figure out more basic stuff at first. I already got murdered by Linux class today at school by trying to make WordPress work.