Post by @itgrrl@infosec.exchange

hi again lovely #FediFrens 👋

yesterday’s #rec didn’t get me any answers on that combo so I’ll open it up to a few other options I’ve been considering…

so – is anyone +running #Linux* happily [1] on a 14” [2] laptop with a GPU from #MSI, #ASUS #ROG or #TUF, (or others)?

requirements (somewhat flexible:

– light, pref. ~1.5kg +/-
– 14” max. unless it’s super-light with good battery (so a thin 1.5kg 15.6” or even 17” with 12 hour battery (🦄) would be fine 🤪)
– good battery life, where “good” is >4 hours but longer life is better
– decent GPU, but it doesn’t have to be bleeding edge (a 40xx or even 30xx or equivalent would be fine)

bonus points for:

– switching between onboard & discrete GPU works acceptably
– sleep & suspend work (consistently)

I’ve added a RIDICULOUSLY HUGE (completely optional, obvs.) poll, pls reply with a different answer if you use something you think might fot my requirements 🙏 🙃

pls #boost4reach ✨💕✨ 🙏

#ASUSROG
#ASUSTUF

1 or, more realistically, grumpily-but-acceptably 😜
2 or smaller, I guess

Multiple choice Open

2 days left 1 vote Federated

🎉 MSI 14” with GPU – it’s awesome

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🙅‍♀️ MSI 14” with GPU – it’s terrible

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🎉 ASUS ROG or TUF 14” with GPU – it’s awesome (pls reply with deets 👀)

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🙅‍♀️ ASUS ROG or TUF 14” with GPU – it’s terrible (pls reply with deets 👀)

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🎉 Some other 14” with GPU – it’s awesome (pls reply with deets 👀)

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🙅‍♀️ Some other 14” with GPU – it’s not terrible (pls reply with deets 👀)

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🎉 A different brand 14” with GPU that’s awesome (pls reply with deets 👀)

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🤔 A different setup I use that might work for you (pls reply with deets 👀)

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😤 JUST SHOW ME THE DAMN RESULTS!!

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decryption

@decryption@aus.social 4 hr. ago

@itgrrl how good does the GPU need to be? the built-in Radeon 8060S/8065S in the Ryzen AI MAX+ PRO 395/495 doesn't suck - can do 1080p gaming quite handily (around the same as a mobile RTX 3080/5070) and AMD driver support on Linux is first class thanks to Valve/Steam

https://www.notebookcheck.net/AMD-Radeon-8060S-Benchmarks-and-Specs.942049.0.html

Notebookcheck

AMD Radeon 8060S - Benchmarks and Specs

Specifications and benchmarks on the AMD Radeon 8060S iGPU.

itgrrl :donor:

@itgrrl@infosec.exchange 3 hr. ago

@decryption gaming isn’t my primary use for GPU but it’s not not a use 🙃

a 40xx or even 30xx or equivalent would be fine, but newer discrete GPUs are more likely to have GDDR6 & don’t have to share system memory (and I assume have a separate bus for GPU mem bandwidth) so discrete GPU is my preference if possible. I know I’m pushing up against the laws of physics, and the “usual” way to “solve” that is to throw a truckload of 💰💰💰 at the problem, but I can’t bring myself to drop a bananapants amount of money on a laptop (most of my laptops were secondhand when I got them, apart from my chonky Linux beast)

thx for the suggestion 💕 I have been considering laptops with higher-spec integrated graphics & looking at benchmark comparisons, so it’s on my radar(ish)

my mental benchmark is “can I get something in a light 14” laptop that outperforms my chonky Linux laptop (2017 System76 Oryx Pro 3 that has 32GB DDR4, a 1070, 2x 500GB M.2 SATA SSDs & a 2TB 2.5” HDD)”?^ 🤔

that’s my current workhorse when I need some grunt, but it’s heavy enough that I use it less often than my old MacBook Pro 13” (so, no GPU) that’s frequently underpowered but much more pleasant to use on the couch & can actually last more than 1.5 hours on battery when I’m using it out of the house / office 💁‍♀️

I’m in the process of ditching macOS as much as I can on my personal machines (I’ve long since ditched Windows), but I’ll likely keep a smallish macOS partition on the old MacBook Pro for syncing stuff to & backing up my iPhone until I find some solid, non-clunky solutions to that problem as well (no, I’m not moving to Android for my primary phone – I have a spare Android phone that I used to use for work but… eugh 😜)

^ and doesn’t cost $5k+ 🙅‍♀️

decryption

@decryption@aus.social 3 hr. ago

@itgrrl the good thing about the Ryzen AI Max is that it uses an 8000MHz DDR5 256-bit bus, so it's pretty bloody quick for non-GPU stuff and still keeps up with GDDR6 for GPU stuff - imho it's a good compromise if you need to keep things under 1.5kg-1.6kg - downside is that they're really expensive because that fat memory bus paired with 64-128GB of RAM also makes them good for local LLM use, so they're in demand and often out of stock and never on sale

itgrrl :donor:

@itgrrl@infosec.exchange 3 hr. ago

@decryption that’s handy info, thx

are there any particular laptops you’ve seen them in that have good Linux support? 👀

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@decryption@aus.social 2 hr. ago

@itgrrl look what popped up on ozbargain just now

https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/973456

$1700 for 32GB of RAM is a good deal, even if the GPU isn't as strong as could be

OzBargain

HP OmniBook 7 Laptop 14" 2.2k AMD AI 9 HX 475 32GB 512GB SSD AMD Radeon 890m $1,699.15 Delivered @ HP eBay

Original Coupon Deal I know, i know. HP is not my favorite brand either, but hey, find a similarly priced configuration. Newly released AI9 cpu, 890 gpu, and 32GB DDR5 are hard to beat. Definitely …

itgrrl :donor:

@itgrrl@infosec.exchange 2 hr. ago

@decryption hmm, thx

it looks like it has LPDDR5X (soldered) so I’d have to find a 64GB model & that’s its max. SSD is replaceable, but their service manual only references up to 1TB – I could probably drop a 2-4TB SSD in but ¯⧹(ツ)⧸¯

plus everything with SDRAM in it is bananapants 💰💰💰 for the foreseeable future (thanks “AI” (🙄), I hate it) so RAM or SSD upgrades are 😩

thx for sharing though 💕