[therealmarv]

Don't forget HDR on monitors and gesture support on trackpads.

[chikenf00t]

Out of your combined lists, HDR is the only one that would cause issues. Although it really depends on the distro.

[k8svet]

Yup, and I fully expect that to be solved by end of 2024. I have already fired up Halo Infinite on NixOS with a patched kernel and have seen HDR working via gamescope. Just a matter of ironing out kinks, KDE is already in progress, I expect Cosmic to start supporting soon, too.

[ska]

Are you saying all the sleep/hibernate, touch-pad, wifi, etc. issues that have plagued linux on laptops for decades at this point have now been resolved?

[JohnFen]

I haven't had issues with any of that stuff (using Debian) for years. YMMV, of course.

[ska]

It did vary, last time I checked, but I'm not up to date.

Maybe time to try again.

[JohnFen]

With Debian, the key thing is that you usually have to install the non-free-firmware package to make things like WiFi work (anything that needs a proprietary blob). This isn't done automatically.

[ska]

Yes, Over the years I've been through that (and other distros versions), downloaded/built alternate drivers etc.

Last time I tried a few years ago, it still seemed pretty hardware dependant as to whether you could ever get it all working quite right.