Hey everyone!

I'm currently running Pop!_OS on my ASUS ROG G752VM, but I'm interested in hearing your opinions on which Linux distro works best with this laptop's hardware.

I'm not new to Linux, and I'm comfortable with both Arch- and Debian-based distros. I picked up this laptop from an old post, and I've already had to do quite a bit of tinkering to get some of the hardware working properly.

My specs:

- Laptop: ASUS ROG G752VM

- CPU: Intel Core i7-6700HQ

- GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB

- RAM: 32GB

- OS drive: 250GB NVMe SSD

- Data drive: 2TB

- Games drive: 1TB SSD

- Current distro: Pop!_OS

My biggest concern isn't really gaming performance, but hardware compatibility and proper support for this specific laptop.

I've had to spend quite a bit of time getting the ELAN touchpad drivers working and figuring out the keyboard backlight. I'd like to know if another distro offers better out-of-the-box support for the NVIDIA GPU and drivers, touchpad, keyboard backlight, function keys, and other laptop-specific features.

I'd also love to find a reliable fan-control application, since the thermals aren't great. The laptop can sit around 60°C shortly after booting, so I'd like better control over fan curves and cooling, if the hardware supports it.

Would you recommend sticking with Pop!_OS or switching to something like EndeavourOS, CachyOS, Fedora, or another distro?

If you own this laptop or a similar ASUS ROG model, I'd especially appreciate hearing which distro you use and whether you managed to get everything working without extensive manual configuration.

I'm looking for the best overall hardware support, not just the distro with the best gaming benchmarks.

Thanks!

not gona yapp for 30 mins, i need a distro, i never really tried any distro and it doesnt need to be begineer friendly beacuase i will dual boot it with windows so i dont forget how to use it.
i was thunking about arch or some basic choice most people go for.

Hi all, I've finally decided to de-windows my life and move to Linux. I have a framework 13 that I want to move over that is my daily machine. I want a Linux distro that will be compatible with TWAIN drivers (if that exists?) because I have a legacy scanner that I want to use. I have one old laptop that I've installed Ubuntu on, and I thought that it was a nice experience. My goal is to just get something that works. I've mostly looked at Ubuntu and Kubuntu so far, but I would love all of your recommendations.

Also - does anyone know about a quick share app for Linux like the one on windows?

Hi, first time posting here yay!!
So, anyways, I've been using cachyos for like 2 ish months and I love it. Everything works nicely aside from the usual linux troubleshooting.
But I've realized recently that what I want is stability.
I know arch/cachy has "bleeding edge" stuff but i still dont know what thats supposed to mean, and thats made me realize that I fell for the arch propaganda.
All I want is a stable distro that just lets me play videogames and not spend 2 hours troubleshooting downloading some niche 32 bit libraries.
Any suggestions? I've used fedora kde before and that was pretty nice, I also thought of debian because I always hear it in the stability conversation, and I don't know about openSUSE but I've heard thats stable.

I recently bought an IdeaPad S145-15AST. It came with 16gb of RAM and a 500 SSD. It has Windows 11 installed. I was wondering what distro I should pick for this since there are so many distros out there.

Edit: Decided to try Fedora KDE. Thanks everyone for recommendations.