[phi-y]

You should consider more linux friendly hardware next time if you still want to run linux. I have mostly owned thinkpads and desktops set up with ubuntu/mint, and my issues have been few and far between.

The GS-66 is a gaming laptop with an NVidia card. The nouveau driver does pretty good, but I find trying to upgrade to the latest version or installing Nvidia's official driver causes more problems than it solves. For the wifi, the Intel Killer AX from only a quick google search looks like it has known issues.

There are a lot of hardware companies that are actively hostile to linux users. MSI is definitely one. Lenovo's Thinkpad and Dell's XPS lines have a big audience to test and fix issues.

MSI can make extra money off of window's users after sale, but HW companies only profit off linux users from selling the hardware.

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I did, it is an Asus netbook, with Linux pre-installed, it is the only device that has issues connecting to my router, GL support is GL 3.3 while Asus Windows drivers support DirectX 11 and GL 4.1, occasionally instead of shuting down goes into a sleep state only recoverable by taking out the battery.