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this video is brought to you by this video is brought to you by squarespace check the link down below to squarespace check the link down below to squarespace check the link down below to learn more so over the last couple weeks learn more so over the last couple weeks learn more so over the last couple weeks i have been on an adventure that is to i have been on an adventure that is to i have been on an adventure that is to try to get linux to work completely try to get linux to work completely try to get linux to work completely perfectly on this laptop this laptop was perfectly on this laptop this laptop was perfectly on this laptop this laptop was featured in the video i did about a featured in the video i did about a featured in the video i did about a month ago called linux on an expensive month ago called linux on an expensive month ago called linux on an expensive laptop the expensive laptop being this laptop the expensive laptop being this laptop the expensive laptop being this asus rog sapphires m16 asus rog sapphires m16 asus rog sapphires m16 it's a pretty beefy machine it has a it's a pretty beefy machine it has a it's a pretty beefy machine it has a nvidia 3070 unit with an intel core i9 nvidia 3070 unit with an intel core i9 nvidia 3070 unit with an intel core i9 processor but the main issue that i was processor but the main issue that i was processor but the main issue that i was having with this with the distribution having with this with the distribution having with this with the distribution we tried out then which was pop os was we tried out then which was pop os was we tried out then which was pop os was the scaling specifically fractional the scaling specifically fractional the scaling specifically fractional scaling just doesn't work very well scaling just doesn't work very well scaling just doesn't work very well setting it to something like 150 to 125 setting it to something like 150 to 125 setting it to something like 150 to 125 percent which looks really good on this percent which looks really good on this percent which looks really good on this display it's a 2k display uh 16 by 10 display it's a 2k display uh 16 by 10 display it's a 2k display uh 16 by 10 so using just a hundred percent so using just a hundred percent so using just a hundred percent everything's too small using 200 percent everything's too small using 200 percent everything's too small using 200 percent it's just doesn't look good at all it's just doesn't look good at all it's just doesn't look good at all setting it to about 150 percent some of setting it to about 150 percent some of setting it to about 150 percent some of the system components looked good there the system components looked good there the system components looked good there are a couple applications that pulled are a couple applications that pulled are a couple applications that pulled that properly but things like steam that properly but things like steam that properly but things like steam davinci resolve all of those things just davinci resolve all of those things just davinci resolve all of those things just didn't look good or required some sort didn't look good or required some sort didn't look good or required some sort of special bash script or dot desktop of special bash script or dot desktop of special bash script or dot desktop customization to get to look right not a customization to get to look right not a customization to get to look right not a very good experience to have to go and very good experience to have to go and very good experience to have to go and manually edit things on a application manually edit things on a application manually edit things on a application specific basis and in addition to that i specific basis and in addition to that i specific basis and in addition to that i got some random lags and big pro got some random lags and big pro got some random lags and big pro applications like davinci resolve would applications like davinci resolve would applications like davinci resolve would work but they were much slower than

work but they were much slower than work but they were much slower than being on windows so that was a no-go so being on windows so that was a no-go so being on windows so that was a no-go so i went ahead and installed manjaro on i went ahead and installed manjaro on i went ahead and installed manjaro on this with kde plasma it looked great but this with kde plasma it looked great but this with kde plasma it looked great but it broke on an update i think it had it broke on an update i think it had it broke on an update i think it had something to do with the nvidia drivers something to do with the nvidia drivers something to do with the nvidia drivers which would in return give me problems a which would in return give me problems a which would in return give me problems a lot of problems going forward thank you lot of problems going forward thank you lot of problems going forward thank you nvidia so then i went ahead and tried nvidia so then i went ahead and tried nvidia so then i went ahead and tried out kde neon because that's what kde out kde neon because that's what kde out kde neon because that's what kde makes for their distribution for plasma makes for their distribution for plasma makes for their distribution for plasma so i figured that would be good and so i figured that would be good and so i figured that would be good and that's when i experienced my first efi that's when i experienced my first efi that's when i experienced my first efi issue issue issue this laptop the hard drive is kind of this laptop the hard drive is kind of this laptop the hard drive is kind of weird because even on windows when you weird because even on windows when you weird because even on windows when you put in the windows installation medium put in the windows installation medium put in the windows installation medium you have to load special drivers to get you have to load special drivers to get you have to load special drivers to get windows to even recognize there is a windows to even recognize there is a windows to even recognize there is a hard drive in this thing luckily linux hard drive in this thing luckily linux hard drive in this thing luckily linux does recognize it without any special does recognize it without any special does recognize it without any special manipulation or drivers manipulation or drivers manipulation or drivers but i was getting a lot of issues with but i was getting a lot of issues with but i was getting a lot of issues with it trying to install the boot partition it trying to install the boot partition it trying to install the boot partition and efi entries so i tried kubuntu gave and efi entries so i tried kubuntu gave and efi entries so i tried kubuntu gave me the same issue i'm like okay this is me the same issue i'm like okay this is me the same issue i'm like okay this is going to be a repeated problem going to be a repeated problem going to be a repeated problem so i tried manually partitioning that so i tried manually partitioning that so i tried manually partitioning that worked okay at first but it still had an worked okay at first but it still had an worked okay at first but it still had an error with the boot partition creation error with the boot partition creation error with the boot partition creation watched it took me a bit to figure out watched it took me a bit to figure out watched it took me a bit to figure out but there were two substantial issues but there were two substantial issues but there were two substantial issues with this with this with this one there were too many efi entries one there were too many efi entries one there were too many efi entries within the system so for some reason within the system so for some reason within the system so for some reason when i tried to install a new when i tried to install a new when i tried to install a new distribution it could not overwrite or distribution it could not overwrite or distribution it could not overwrite or change out a previous entry and luckily change out a previous entry and luckily change out a previous entry and luckily that's when i discovered the efi boot that's when i discovered the efi boot that's when i discovered the efi boot manager command which this will allow manager command which this will allow manager command which this will allow you to see all the entries in the efi you to see all the entries in the efi you to see all the entries in the efi and actually delete entries which i did and actually delete entries which i did and actually delete entries which i did that helped but near the end of the

that helped but near the end of the that helped but near the end of the installation every single time i kept installation every single time i kept installation every single time i kept getting the same error which was that it getting the same error which was that it getting the same error which was that it just didn't work and the solution was to just didn't work and the solution was to just didn't work and the solution was to reinstall grub on that partition but i reinstall grub on that partition but i reinstall grub on that partition but i ran into issues with getting to properly ran into issues with getting to properly ran into issues with getting to properly communicate by mounting the drives i communicate by mounting the drives i communicate by mounting the drives i followed a couple different guides but followed a couple different guides but followed a couple different guides but all of them were slightly out of date so all of them were slightly out of date so all of them were slightly out of date so i found a wonderful application and that i found a wonderful application and that i found a wonderful application and that application is called boot repair this application is called boot repair this application is called boot repair this thing thing thing at first didn't work because i had the at first didn't work because i had the at first didn't work because i had the drive mounted and you can't do that so drive mounted and you can't do that so drive mounted and you can't do that so after the system was installed with the after the system was installed with the after the system was installed with the failed or corrupted failed or corrupted failed or corrupted boot partition i rebooted into the live boot partition i rebooted into the live boot partition i rebooted into the live disk or live environment installed this disk or live environment installed this disk or live environment installed this application application application and it worked it completely fixed it and it worked it completely fixed it and it worked it completely fixed it it's a remarkable application and to the it's a remarkable application and to the it's a remarkable application and to the developer i say thank you you my developer i say thank you you my developer i say thank you you my gratitude is with you so i was able to gratitude is with you so i was able to gratitude is with you so i was able to run that i was able to boot into kubuntu run that i was able to boot into kubuntu run that i was able to boot into kubuntu and at first everything was working fine and at first everything was working fine and at first everything was working fine the fractional scaling was okay steam the fractional scaling was okay steam the fractional scaling was okay steam still looked like it didn't pop os it still looked like it didn't pop os it still looked like it didn't pop os it was small i had to do some custom things was small i had to do some custom things was small i had to do some custom things some bass scripting to actually fix that some bass scripting to actually fix that some bass scripting to actually fix that and then that's when i started running and then that's when i started running and then that's when i started running into problems with the nvidia drivers into problems with the nvidia drivers into problems with the nvidia drivers they just were not cooperating i they just were not cooperating i they just were not cooperating i tried updating them it borked the system tried updating them it borked the system tried updating them it borked the system i reinstalled it did a different package i reinstalled it did a different package i reinstalled it did a different package installed it a different way installed it a different way installed it a different way split gate i got that to work i really split gate i got that to work i really split gate i got that to work i really wanted elgin ring to work that didn't wanted elgin ring to work that didn't wanted elgin ring to work that didn't work so eventually i went with the work so eventually i went with the work so eventually i went with the solution that was right in front of my solution that was right in front of my solution that was right in front of my face the whole time face the whole time face the whole time and that was

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so first the fractional scaling thing so first the fractional scaling thing now it was giving me the same kind of now it was giving me the same kind of now it was giving me the same kind of issue at first with some of the issue at first with some of the issue at first with some of the applications being different being that applications being different being that applications being different being that it's kde it did do a little bit better it's kde it did do a little bit better it's kde it did do a little bit better than gnome or pop os that i previously than gnome or pop os that i previously than gnome or pop os that i previously tried out but then what i did was i tried out but then what i did was i tried out but then what i did was i simply logged out and booted into the simply logged out and booted into the simply logged out and booted into the weightlin instance that gave me some weightlin instance that gave me some weightlin instance that gave me some minor like screen tang issues but minor like screen tang issues but minor like screen tang issues but completely fixed the fractional scaling completely fixed the fractional scaling completely fixed the fractional scaling weyland i used to avoid it but now after weyland i used to avoid it but now after weyland i used to avoid it but now after using it on this machine it is awesome using it on this machine it is awesome using it on this machine it is awesome fractional scaling is instant so i don't fractional scaling is instant so i don't fractional scaling is instant so i don't need to like restart the computer to need to like restart the computer to need to like restart the computer to make any changes go into effect it just make any changes go into effect it just make any changes go into effect it just works and like if i open up steam here works and like if i open up steam here works and like if i open up steam here you can see that this is you can see that this is you can see that this is looking absolutely perfect looking absolutely perfect looking absolutely perfect looks as it should it's the some of looks as it should it's the some of looks as it should it's the some of the buttons are a little bit big on the buttons are a little bit big on the buttons are a little bit big on but i'd rather be them be a little bit but i'd rather be them be a little bit but i'd rather be them be a little bit too big than too small and i could too big than too small and i could too big than too small and i could obviously just customize that and change obviously just customize that and change obviously just customize that and change that after the fact and now with that i that after the fact and now with that i that after the fact and now with that i needed games to work and for games to needed games to work and for games to needed games to work and for games to work properly on this i have to have the work properly on this i have to have the work properly on this i have to have the proper drivers proper drivers proper drivers now now now this is one of those systems that it has this is one of those systems that it has this is one of those systems that it has kind of hybrid graphics as the dedicated kind of hybrid graphics as the dedicated kind of hybrid graphics as the dedicated gpu as well as the integrated intel gpu gpu as well as the integrated intel gpu gpu as well as the integrated intel gpu and that that just the whole switching and that that just the whole switching and that that just the whole switching between those just is not really a thing between those just is not really a thing between those just is not really a thing even on pop os you can select what to do even on pop os you can select what to do even on pop os you can select what to do but you have to reboot you can't just but you have to reboot you can't just but you have to reboot you can't just easily switch and stay in the same easily switch and stay in the same easily switch and stay in the same instance if you switch from the intel to instance if you switch from the intel to instance if you switch from the intel to the nvidia c or gpu you're gonna have to the nvidia c or gpu you're gonna have to the nvidia c or gpu you're gonna have to restart your system restart your system restart your system this is actually working now but i'm this is actually working now but i'm this is actually working now but i'm pretty sure the nvidia gpu is just on

pretty sure the nvidia gpu is just on pretty sure the nvidia gpu is just on all the time which really is not good all the time which really is not good all the time which really is not good for the battery life i mean i could for the battery life i mean i could for the battery life i mean i could probably get away with like two hours of probably get away with like two hours of probably get away with like two hours of battery life with a screen on not really battery life with a screen on not really battery life with a screen on not really doing too much if i load up a game it's doing too much if i load up a game it's doing too much if i load up a game it's basically the same as pop os where basically the same as pop os where basically the same as pop os where you'll basically get just under an hour you'll basically get just under an hour you'll basically get just under an hour of gameplay but actually getting the of gameplay but actually getting the of gameplay but actually getting the nvidia drivers on this was pretty easy i nvidia drivers on this was pretty easy i nvidia drivers on this was pretty easy i just needed to enable the rpm fusion just needed to enable the rpm fusion just needed to enable the rpm fusion repositories and then go ahead and repositories and then go ahead and repositories and then go ahead and install the driver and just like that install the driver and just like that install the driver and just like that everything worked it was really nice to everything worked it was really nice to everything worked it was really nice to see alden ring open because in previous see alden ring open because in previous see alden ring open because in previous attempts at getting this to work it just attempts at getting this to work it just attempts at getting this to work it just wouldn't it had some sort of graphical wouldn't it had some sort of graphical wouldn't it had some sort of graphical overlay error when i was trying to get overlay error when i was trying to get overlay error when i was trying to get it to open it to open it to open but running wayland on nvidia on this but running wayland on nvidia on this but running wayland on nvidia on this machine seemed to have fixed all those machine seemed to have fixed all those machine seemed to have fixed all those issues so issues so issues so that's awesome that's awesome that's awesome and just overall there's no bad and just overall there's no bad and just overall there's no bad performance you can see the gameplay performance you can see the gameplay performance you can see the gameplay right now it's smooth it's crisp it right now it's smooth it's crisp it right now it's smooth it's crisp it works perfect it's i can't say for sure works perfect it's i can't say for sure works perfect it's i can't say for sure but it seems like there's less dropped but it seems like there's less dropped but it seems like there's less dropped frames and all that than the windows the frames and all that than the windows the frames and all that than the windows the frame rates are frame rates are frame rates are roughly the same as they were on that roughly the same as they were on that roughly the same as they were on that system so with that running now i can system so with that running now i can system so with that running now i can actually kind of focus on actually kind of focus on actually kind of focus on working and that is with those pro working and that is with those pro working and that is with those pro creative applications specifically creative applications specifically creative applications specifically davinci resolve if you have ever tried davinci resolve if you have ever tried davinci resolve if you have ever tried to install davinci resolve on linux to install davinci resolve on linux to install davinci resolve on linux chances are you've had some sort of chances are you've had some sort of chances are you've had some sort of issues issues issues now this didn't give me any issues at now this didn't give me any issues at now this didn't give me any issues at all it worked perfect one thing the all it worked perfect one thing the all it worked perfect one thing the davinci resolve is meant to be installed davinci resolve is meant to be installed davinci resolve is meant to be installed on the red hat linux or centos being on the red hat linux or centos being on the red hat linux or centos being this is fedora it's pretty close to what

this is fedora it's pretty close to what this is fedora it's pretty close to what it's actually supposed to be installed it's actually supposed to be installed it's actually supposed to be installed on on on so installing it was as easy as just so installing it was as easy as just so installing it was as easy as just running the dot run file that you running the dot run file that you running the dot run file that you download directly from black magic when download directly from black magic when download directly from black magic when i first opened it up it did not i first opened it up it did not i first opened it up it did not recognize my gpu and that was a recognize my gpu and that was a recognize my gpu and that was a relatively easy fix i just needed to add relatively easy fix i just needed to add relatively easy fix i just needed to add the cuda drivers in addition and with the cuda drivers in addition and with the cuda drivers in addition and with those installed then it recognized my those installed then it recognized my those installed then it recognized my actual gpu so i was able to use the actual gpu so i was able to use the actual gpu so i was able to use the application so with that i checked off application so with that i checked off application so with that i checked off all my main boxes but the very last all my main boxes but the very last all my main boxes but the very last thing was actually using this for a thing was actually using this for a thing was actually using this for a little while just to make sure little while just to make sure little while just to make sure everything worked and after a little bit everything worked and after a little bit everything worked and after a little bit i rebooted the system a few times and i rebooted the system a few times and i rebooted the system a few times and one of the times i turned on the one of the times i turned on the one of the times i turned on the computer computer computer it just did not it just did not it just did not boot it sat there on the boot loop the boot it sat there on the boot loop the boot it sat there on the boot loop the little fedora loading circle thing was little fedora loading circle thing was little fedora loading circle thing was frozen and i frozen and i frozen and i power all right hard shut it down did it power all right hard shut it down did it power all right hard shut it down did it again same thing same thing like four again same thing same thing like four again same thing same thing like four times and then it eventually booted up times and then it eventually booted up times and then it eventually booted up and that was very uh concerning because and that was very uh concerning because and that was very uh concerning because i went through all this work and i i went through all this work and i i went through all this work and i thought i had the perfect system and now thought i had the perfect system and now thought i had the perfect system and now it just didn't want to boot properly it just didn't want to boot properly it just didn't want to boot properly luckily thank heavens it was a super luckily thank heavens it was a super luckily thank heavens it was a super easy fix i just had to go into the grub easy fix i just had to go into the grub easy fix i just had to go into the grub configuration file and then under the configuration file and then under the configuration file and then under the entry that is grub cmd line linux all i entry that is grub cmd line linux all i entry that is grub cmd line linux all i needed to do was remove the rhgb option needed to do was remove the rhgb option needed to do was remove the rhgb option uh saved that saved the grub uh saved that saved the grub uh saved that saved the grub configuration properly rebooted the configuration properly rebooted the configuration properly rebooted the system and it completely skipped that system and it completely skipped that system and it completely skipped that and it worked it worked finally i now

and it worked it worked finally i now and it worked it worked finally i now have a linux system on this laptop have a linux system on this laptop have a linux system on this laptop that just that just that just works that doesn't sound like a big deal works that doesn't sound like a big deal works that doesn't sound like a big deal but i have been fighting with this thing but i have been fighting with this thing but i have been fighting with this thing for so long i didn't even tell you about for so long i didn't even tell you about for so long i didn't even tell you about all of these different systems and all of these different systems and all of these different systems and distributions and distributions and distributions and errors i had i tried open souza on this errors i had i tried open souza on this errors i had i tried open souza on this for a minute i had issue with secure for a minute i had issue with secure for a minute i had issue with secure boot configuration option being enabled boot configuration option being enabled boot configuration option being enabled i disabled that and then it was kind of i disabled that and then it was kind of i disabled that and then it was kind of doing the same thing as fedora but it doing the same thing as fedora but it doing the same thing as fedora but it was also super laggy was also super laggy was also super laggy it's been a mission it's been a mission it's been a mission ultimately ultimately ultimately what i'm concluding from this video what i'm concluding from this video what i'm concluding from this video is fedora is an absolutely wonderful is fedora is an absolutely wonderful is fedora is an absolutely wonderful linux distribution that just works i linux distribution that just works i linux distribution that just works i think uh the linux experiment uploaded a think uh the linux experiment uploaded a think uh the linux experiment uploaded a video a couple days ago maybe a week ago video a couple days ago maybe a week ago video a couple days ago maybe a week ago about his review for using fedora long about his review for using fedora long about his review for using fedora long term and term and term and come to the same conclusion fedora is come to the same conclusion fedora is come to the same conclusion fedora is fantastic fedora should be one of the fantastic fedora should be one of the fantastic fedora should be one of the default systems that people go to there default systems that people go to there default systems that people go to there is a little bit more work and depending is a little bit more work and depending is a little bit more work and depending on your on your on your flavor or what desktop environment you flavor or what desktop environment you flavor or what desktop environment you go with there may be some extra things go with there may be some extra things go with there may be some extra things you need to do but luckily if you're you need to do but luckily if you're you need to do but luckily if you're interested in installing fedora i have a interested in installing fedora i have a interested in installing fedora i have a video of the things to do after you video of the things to do after you video of the things to do after you install fedora install fedora install fedora yeah so if you have a moderately decent yeah so if you have a moderately decent yeah so if you have a moderately decent computer computer computer with specs that with specs that with specs that even windows has a hard time figuring even windows has a hard time figuring even windows has a hard time figuring out sometimes fedora is probably a out sometimes fedora is probably a out sometimes fedora is probably a really good option really good option really good option with all that i do hope you enjoyed this

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