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    Gigabyte P34G and Linux

    Discussion in 'Gigabyte and Aorus' started by Drewm3i, Mar 4, 2014.

  1. Drewm3i

    Drewm3i Notebook Geek

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    Hey guys,
    is anyone running Linux on this machine? If so, how are you using smart manager, smart update, etc. on it? Wine? And also, if you're using it in Linux, what about gaming on it? How is that? How is battery life, Bumblebee etc.? I may try running and gaming with OpenSuse on my P34G, but I'm not sure. Thoughts and comments?
     
    Drewm3i, Mar 4, 2014
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  2. maguey

    maguey Notebook Enthusiast

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    you can use virtualbox and install whatever linux distro you want and that is the easiest way. Unless you want to have dual booting, IMO I do not see the benefit of using dual booting any more since you can allocate a reasonable chunk of memory to your virtual machine. My 2 cents
     
    maguey, Mar 8, 2014
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    dalingrin Notebook Evangelist

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    No need for Smart Manager. The keyboard shortcuts work fine without it. Also no need for smart update. Linux does not use Windows drivers.
    By using Bumblebee and "powerdown" on Arch Linux I get slightly better battery life than I do in Windows but the difference is negligible. I haven't done a lot of gaming in Linux beyond Shadowrun Returns and Legend of Grimrock but both ran well.

    I disagree. I want a proper composited desktop that runs with good performance. Not that I'm against virtual machines, it's just you will take a performance and battery life hit by doing so.
     
    dalingrin, Mar 11, 2014
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    maguey Notebook Enthusiast

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    ^ proper composited desktop lol. Linux is not windows and capable to run with very low resources. If you have reasonable amount of RAM both systems can coexist under the same roof. There is not a magic solution that will fix everything, only different approaches for different problems.
     
    maguey, Mar 12, 2014
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    You're the one that originally said "I do not see the benefit of using dual booting." There is a time and a place for both VMs and dual booting.

    Yes, yes...I know Linux is fairly lightweight. So, of course you can run a VM but there are still several performance penalties. I compile a lot of software which is considerably slower in a VM. In addition, with Linux in a VM you lose the ability to have decent graphics and video acceleration. Still yet another disadvantage is that running two operating systems simultaneously does nothing to help your battery life.
     
    dalingrin, Mar 19, 2014
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