Started a new attempt at Linux on the laptop as a trial. I've previously used Ubuntu, Fedora, Mint, Debian, Manjaro, and I think another one but these were all over a few months over a decade ago. Every time I've tried a distro in the past something would break just randomly (I tried to only use the terminal for installing and updating software, not for configurations, so it was not me breaking things haphazardly in terminal). Stuff like weird graphical glitches, missing sensor information (like battery status not recognized), driver issues (typically WiFi or USB), software not starting, etc.

The longest I've had a stable experience was on Fedora and used that for several months. It was quite nice, but I stuck with Windows for gaming ever since. Well, now I'm trying out Pop OS on this different laptop (just a used Dell work laptop; the last one was a Toshiba)

@sudaksis I mean i don't know how old the laptop is, but Dells often run linux surprisingly well. I like TuxedoOs, but it is likely tailor made for their laptops. I get the problem, laptops have so much customs hardware...

@catraxx It's a Latitude 5420. Haven't used it much since I never need a laptop but with Windows becoming ever more unsustainable, the sooner I find a working setup, the better off I'll be when needing to fully drop it.

Also, the RAM is 2666MHz which I hear isn't as efficient as 3200MHz and that also affects the responsiveness of the OS. Maybe that means something too

@sudaksis Isn't the rams frequency defined in the bios, though? Or do you think it's faulty?

@catraxx No, it's only rated for 2666MHz. These laptops are usually supposed to come with 3200MHz