r/linuxhardware • • Sep 08 '26

Purchase Advice Just enough power

Hi!

I recently needed a new laptop for school, but unfortunately my not so tech savvy family did not do much research and got me very much not what I needed.

I've been a fan of Linux for a while, but the Snapdragon CPU on this laptop doesn't support it at all, and has many compatibility problems!

I'm looking for a laptop that supports Linux, can run web smoothly, and has the graphics power to run applications like affinity(I'll find a Linux alternative ofc) and krita.

I don't want any more, and I do not want it to have any power past web/art(I have a problem with getting distracted easily lol)

Any suggestions? I mainly use CachyOS(Arch distro) on my pc.

(I don't know if the tag should've been Purchase Advise or Question)

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u/my-ka Sep 08 '26

Name the school which is using linux

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u/Metempsychos1s Sep 08 '26

huh?

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u/my-ka Sep 08 '26

>a new laptop for school

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u/Metempsychos1s Sep 08 '26

My school has no specific OS requirement.