Hi everyone! I’m thinking about switching to Fedora, but I’m a bit hesitant due to driver compatibility and potential issues with hybrid graphics. My laptop is getting a bit old it’s a Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming powered by an Intel Core i7-7700HQ processor, 16 GB of RAM, and a hybrid graphics configuration with an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile alongside Intel HD Graphics 630. Since it’s older hardware, I wanted to experiment and see how Fedora performs on it. I’m currently running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (with GNOME 46 on X11), but I’d love to know if anyone here is running Fedora on a similar setup. How smooth is the installation, driver setup, and daily usage especially GPU switching on this specific hardware? Any advice or experiences would be greatly appreciated!
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Welcome to the forum @Luisitog your setup is good for Fedora honestly. The i7-7700HQ and 1050 Ti are old enough that any driver quirks are long ironed out.
Fedora defaults to nouveau, but you’ll want the proprietary driver. Enable RPM Fusion and install akmod-nvidia, which auto-rebuilds on kernel updates.
Fedora now defaults to Wayland, not X11 any more. It’s solid on recent Nvidia drivers, but quirks, to confirm just log into an Xorg session to test.
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