You can stick with intel if it makes you feel better but Framework officially supports multiple Linux distros on their hardware. They choose hardware for compatibility. As for firmware, I even update mine with fwupdmgr and everything down to the system bios updates fine. Even the freaking fingerprint reader has gotten firmware updates with it. At the moment mine is running Debian Trixie, even though that’s not one of the officially supported distros, with no issues at all.
On Thu, Feb 5, 2026 at 9:57 AM Kent Perrier <[email protected]> wrote: > For maximum compatibility, any 100% intel (graphics and networking) will > be the best. My work laptop is a Lenovo, with a Ryzen processor and Radeon > graphics. There are .... issues with it. Firmware, drivers sometimes makes > it worse, then better. It goes back and forth a bit. > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 4:53 PM Michael L <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hello NLUG, >> Got a former Windows user, 47 year old friend looking to get a laptop to >> run Linux on, mainly for internet browsing, not gaming. I'll be glad to >> get some of (southern) y'alls suggestions to advise him better. >> >> Leaning towards i7 (or AMD equivalent) with a minimum of 16GB RAM, but >> I'll save my own input for last. >> >> Thank y'all >> M >> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CALdmzXZksOmy0rNxpC4Qgn%3D79ii-%3Dz%2BFu1xu9pndLd59d2yh2g%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CALdmzXZksOmy0rNxpC4Qgn%3D79ii-%3Dz%2BFu1xu9pndLd59d2yh2g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CA%2B6_KC_y-qfK_VJ-7zqMqR-twMegknSP%3DYYW7xCsPyvjLp14yg%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CA%2B6_KC_y-qfK_VJ-7zqMqR-twMegknSP%3DYYW7xCsPyvjLp14yg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CAMr_Q4sZpe84c3Eg6g9-2ZJhqnfJSPSZDEoXyszAYPLL4JUR3A%40mail.gmail.com.
