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I recently bought a Lenovo Legion with RTX4070 I still haven't managed to get Nvidia it working under Linux (the moment I open a browser or anything that uses the GPU extensively things go bad)

Disclaimer I am not very familiar with Linux for Desktop - but to me this is an indication that we are not yet in the "just works" state for desktop linux.

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It's really strange that it didn't work for you, especially with pop OS which really should just work. I think we're in this strange sort of limbo where for like 80% of people it just works, and then there's 20% of people where it simply breaks in bizarre completely unpredictable and incomprehensible ways that aren't even reproducible for anyone else. That's better than it not just working for anyone I guess, but it's still not ideal and honestly I'd be interested to hear a discussion about why this is.

I would open another TTY to run the nvidia-bug-report.sh when you experience the GPU intensive issues. I recently had a very minute hard to spot problem on why I couldn't get my GPU working and the Generix on the Nvidia Forums help me (and so many others) solve their issues almost immediately. Could be worth a shot.

> Disclaimer I am not very familiar with Linux for Desktop - but to me this is an indication that we are not yet in the "just works" state for desktop linux.

Or it does just mean that while the Windows recurrent problems (how to create local accounts, disable telemetry, install 3rd party programs, etc.) are just seen as life as normal while Linux problems are seen as such.

The fact that the laptop is unusable under Linux feels more important, at least to me, than enforced Microsoft account login which is just an inconvenience. Of course your priorities may be different.

Yeah choice of distro and your particular hardware combo are still a factor, unfortunately. Not super difficult to boot it up and have a poke around though, see if it sticks. Maybe try another distro?

I tried Ubuntu and then Pop_OS which seemed more promising but ended up not working either. I'm open to any other suggestions, prefer Debian based distros which I have more experience with from server side.

Yeah I came from an Ubuntu background too. Mint, perhaps? Honestly though if I were going to try anything else at this point it would be Fedora I think. So many good reports. But I’m far from knowledgeable on this stuff - I’m sure others will have better answers, or advice on how to debug your current install.

Pop!_OS should definitely work. Just check the NVIDIA drivers, that you are on 550 version

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