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Regardless of opinions on Razer this is a win. The bug corps are finally paying a bit of attention
this post was submitted on 07 Jul 2026
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There has been corps like dell offering Linux distros like 10-15 years ago, it just never was an attractive option compared to windows
But windows is killing itself
This is a gaming laptop though, it's a different market
why they test it with Ubuntu then
You can run games on any distribution, they're basically all the same...
Although I wouldn't have picked Ubuntu, but anything else would be fine.
Yeah like the example dudeface give, Dell have been offering Linux options since a decade ago in my country. Just have to go to their commerce website instead. Same with Lenovo here.
And both of them offer Ubuntu with the expected discount of a Windows license.
I assume Canonical did a lot of legwork to make big brands like that to adopt Ubuntu. IMO it is still the more well known Linux distribution that seems more suited for the non techy segment of Dell and Lenovo customers.
They probably heard that "Ubuntu is the windows of Linux distros" and didn't get that that's a derogatory term.
Yeah, I bought a Dell laptop for that reason. Turns out the spec I wanted wasn't available with Linux preinstalled, so I had to buy the Windows machine and install it myself anyway. At least I never had any real driver issues or anything else like that. Laptop lasted 10+ years running Linux practically the entire time.
Props to any OEM who supports Linux, bigger props to anyone who ships Linux preinstalled, biggest props to those who favor Linux by default and charge extra to install Windows or refuse to do it outright!
Razer could bring the biggest bump to Linux market share since the Steam Deck, or possibly even more
The current biggest weakness of Linux is lack of OEMs shipping it. Most people do not want to install an OS themselves, or even know that it's possible.
Massive win. Too bad the year of the Linux desktop happened with the explosion of RAM prices. lol
I think it's actually a good time for year of Linux since Linux is more efficient with memory than Windows 11
A Razer Gaming laptop with Ubuntu and an Nvidia GPU. Weirdest thing ever. Still a win for Linux.
Didn't see that coming. Razer products are just garbage and have extremely annoying drivers in windows. What could they possibly bring to the table for linux?
Did they finally fix the build quality?
I've been rocking a mouse that has a broken middle mouse click from them that's only like 3 years old so no. Thankfully the 4th and 5th buttons work so I can just remap to those buttons.
I remember getting shitty mice from these assholes like 15 years ago. Little has changed apparently.
ONLY 3 years for a broken middle mouse click from Razer?
Get a lottery ticket. My friend used to take his Razer mouse back to the store on warranty every few months for various reasons, because it did break that often, and they still let him swap for the identical one or get a refund - in the latter case, he often picked another Razer mouse, just a more expensive one, paying a little extra.
I've been rocking Logitech G102 since the beginning of 2020 (at least) and so far the only thing I had to change was the cord. Still no double clicks, no missing registers, nothing.
That said, another friend I had suggested the mouse to after years of happily using mine, kept taking them to warranty for various reasons since 2022, and I think he quit on the thing after a few attempts. Maybe they don't make them like they used to.
Oh it broke like a year ago lol. Probably longer covid has fucked my perception of time forever.
lol
And unfuck their support?
i didnt know they had bad build quality
Their support blamed my friend swapping the SSD with another one for the main board dying. There was nothing wrong with the SSD. He put it in another computer and it worked just fine for years.
We will never even consider buying one of their piece of shit laptops again.
I have an older Razer Blade 13 that was a replacement for a lower end model that had battery issues. It was well within the warranty period (had it less than two months). I had been emailing their support for a couple weeks before getting tired of the wait and just tagged them on Twitter and asked for help. Had a replacement in less than 48 hours. Their actual support is trash, but the social media team seems to be the way to go when it comes to getting actual help.
EDIT: For clarification, I sent them back the bad one and hadn't heard from them for awhile.
The main thing I've heard about them is if you want support from them, you'd better be an influencer.
Are razer drivers in Linux also with mandatory razer account creation, login and activation?
The price? $16,000.
Even just using the actual price would have made the point ($7k maxed out)
Legit, somehow the 5k-7k actual price tag is more egregious.
You can soon buy a decent used car for the price of a new laptop. How insane is that.
But hey, you save on the Windows license otherwise it would have been $16,200
Razer laptops are the biggest POS buggy garbage. Half the track pads don't even work out of the box for 4k+
5399 USD (⊙_☉)
Comes with a bloated battery
I'm sure its really certified if you have to run a tainted kernel, but maybe that's just me
Is this why they've been working on a web app for configuration instead of Synapse? This is a win for everybody.
I've been happily running Linux on my 2021 Blade 14 for years. NVIDIA support is still somewhat of a problem but that's not unique to Razer. It's gotten way better over the years but some games still stutter a bit or run slower than Windows. Otherwise, it's a fine experience.
Ubuntu 🥀
But why Ubuntu? Fedora would have made far more sense.