Which Laptop to Buy for Linux

So I've been using linux mint(on laptop) and arch linux(on desktop) since the past 6 months(loving the experience) and just got enrolled in Engineering in Computer Engineering with specialization in CyberSecurity. But I need a laptop for my college which may give good performance with linux for atleast 4-5 years. I've done some research regarding my field and macbook is too much tempting for me(battery life) but functionality wise(for my case) linux is very much better.

Idea of switching back to windows haunts me(so it ain't an option).

The big thing is most of the laptops in market come with windows pre installed and installing linux on those machines may void out the warranty, and I need a productivity type of laptop with hardware not having compatibility issues (I'veheard about nvidia gpus having issues).

My spec requirements are enlisted below:
-16gb memory (ddr4 or ddr5)
-512 gb storage
-a good processor (idk much about processors please enlighten me on that too)
-an okayish gpu (integrated one may work out too)
-decent battery life (top priority atleast 6 hours sot with linux)

My budget is INR 70-80k and also tell me about things with which I might have issues (like the warranty being void due to installing linux and stuff like that). My aim for writing all this is just to find the best options in the market which allow having linux on your laptop.

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Me and my kernel both in panic
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Server option suggestion question for website, requiring A Python backend, a relational database and a react frontend.

I’m what Reddit would suggest how to deploy this. It is for usage on an internal network.

The backend makes calls to several other servers. Manipulated them, stores data in a relational database and serves as a rest api for the frontend.

I was thinking of using AlmaLinux, Ubuntu or NixOS. And deploy either as Podman pod on AlmaLinux, docker on Ubuntu, or just install the components directly on the servers. Not sure what to do with NixOS.

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Graphic Designing, UI/ UX ... on linux.

I am graphic designer, I know I can use wine for adobe products and it works perfectly actually, currently I am on cachyos. Works perfectly. What I can seem to get around is Figma, specifically using custom fonts on figma, I've tried figma linux font helper: https://github.com/Figma-Linux/figma-linux-font-helper

It isnt working, on both figma-linux and figma-web.
Is there any other way, its so annoying to change back to windows for one little thing actually.



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Made a video on patchmon.net
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGKi6rAMejc

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Asciinema 3.0: rewritten in Rust, adds live streaming, & upgraded file format.
https://blog.asciinema.org/post/three-point-o/

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IDK what Robert De Niro has against RHEL...
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--Help wanted-- Linux powered budget 24h PC

Hi everyone, sorry the post if it's not the place to post it, as I don't know where posting (and maybe someone can help me with that), I need help to build a PC that I can use at least 12h or more, but 12h building/writing code, doing something alike, as now I don't had any laptop that can do that for more than 2h, so it's pretty a challenge to do anything like that, even just reading and some audio/video playing the better battery i got is around 7~9h (that is awesome yet less that I need to), any recommendations? , I don't mind the Architecture I only mind the battery can charge in 2h~3h, or maybe by another source (dynamo, solar, etc), thanks in advance, and sorry the bad English

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Just curious Linux on Android

I have an old lgv40 and using it as a DAP, no other apps used, just a player and movie players, everything still works except battery is too quick to drain, there's nothing wrong with the battery it's just small capacity to begin with.

So I wanna to strip it down, this and maybe it extend battery life a little.

Do you have any recommendations? Also, the DAC part is very important to me, so switching OS I hope I could still use the hardware.

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LibreOffice QA and Development Report: August 2025
https://qa.blog.documentfoundation.org/2025/09/16/qa-dev-report-august-2025/

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Anyone running 9950x3D cpu on Linux distro?

Linux question only

1. How would you set up your cpu on this platform to have scheduler allocate cores in gaming and tasks correctly, or is it already cooked into a distro?

On Windows you must use Game Mode and Game Bar, and Balanced Power Saving mode, along with some additional things in BIOS

How does Linux treat 9950x3D as far as properly scheduling the CCDs in gaming and regular tasks?

Wendel from Level 1 Techs states that Linux doesn't have same issues, but doesn't explain how to set up this CPU for Linux specifically in the video.

2. What distro are you using?

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AMDVLK open-source project is discontinued
https://github.com/GPUOpen-Drivers/AMDVLK/discussions/416

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ObsidianOS's big new features: User mode overlays, overlaid packages (experimental) and new editions!
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I fixed the ad that's been spamming me lately.
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What is the advantage to using an immutable distro?

As the noscript says, or, the disadvantage? I would like to look into it both ways. Can someone point me in the right direction to look into this? I don't use Linux a lot, but I do like to understand it as best I can.

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when trying to get the changelog from a kernel that doesn't exist at kernel.org
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Nate Graham: A few corrections about the transition from Blue Systems to Techpaladin
https://pointieststick.com/2025/09/16/a-few-corrections-about-the-transition-from-blue-systems-to-techpaladin/

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Thank You Jonathan Riddell — Creator of Kubuntu, Shaper of KDE

Just wanted to take a moment to honor Jonathan Riddell, the creator of Kubuntu and one of the driving forces behind KDE Neon, who recently announced his farewell from KDE after 25 years.

I installed Kubuntu on my machine about 3 months ago, and honestly, it’s been one of the smoothest Linux experiences I’ve had. That kind of polish doesn’t happen by accident — it’s because of people like Jonathan who put in decades of work to bring KDE to users in a stable, approachable way.

His farewell message touched on challenges with governance and community inclusion, but beyond the politics, what stands out is how much he gave: his career, his time, his vision. It’s not easy to walk away from something you’ve built for decades, and I respect the courage it takes to do so.

Thank you, Jonathan for Kubuntu, for Neon, for helping shape Plasma into the amazing desktop it is today. You’ve made Linux better for all of us.

Curious to hear: how has Kubuntu or KDE impacted your Linux journey?

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SFD 2025 NJ - now with schedule and streaming links.
https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/sfd/events/software-freedom-day-2025-new-jersey

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Developer humor, Torvalds publish a new project and begins to receive PRs inmmediately

Torvalds starts a new project and begins to receive contributions immediately.

This is the first PR to the project
https://github.com/torvalds/GuitarPedal/pull/1

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34 years ago: Linus Torvalds published the source code for the first version of the Linux kernel

On September 17, 1991, Linus Torvalds publicly released the first version of the Linux kernel, version 0.01. This version was made available on an FTP server and announced in the comp.os.minix newsgroup.

Happy birthday! 🎉

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