HID device detection and systemd units is much simpler. No need for the rest of this.

I think the bigger hurdle here is that you need to do some legwork and research, else you would not be here asking this question 😉

It’s possible but then I’d ask why? What’s the purpose of booting a different DE based on the controller type?

THPS works just great though.

Fedora (Gnome or KDE version) is what I recommend to people looking for the stock experience and a large community. I generally point people away from anything Ubuntu because of the Snap fiasco.

Weird manifesto

There have been issues with the default power profiles interface and the AMD P-state manager for many KDE 6 versions depending on the kernel versions (I think 6.9+). THEN the power-profiles-daemon project was archived without notice, so I believe that’s why they disabled/removed the quick menu for it for awhile, but since I believed they moved to the upower managed project and put it back in. Been a bit since I’ve used KDE, so unsure of the eventually fixed it.

If it’s running an AMD APU, you need to make sure that your power profile is set to “Performance” and not something like “Power Saver”. I know KDE has a lot of issues with power profile management since they nixed the quick settings awhile ago, but I think in your settings there is a place to choose your preferred settings. Limiting the power on those APUs significantly hampers it’s ability to play games.

If you’re going to be gaming, you may want to switch to a distro that does semi or rolling releases. Latest Kubuntu is still on kernel 6.8, and there are MASSIVE performance improvements between that and 6.15 which something like Fedora is running by default. That, and many updated versions of the Mesa drivers.

In the players. VLC has a setting in preferences, and mpv has a flag to disable on run.

Try disabling hardware acceleration.

Lookup the T38

No. Only if you guess the right one. That’s the problem that OP is asking about.

Instead of just throwing random preferences out there, I’ll help clarify the field of comments:

1. Thinkpads USED to be a safe choice, but Lenovo has been tainting that model line for a few years. Search and find specific models, and don’t just buy because it has the Thinkpad brand.
2. Framework is 100% ready to go. They have a Refurb store where everything is cheap, but if you find one cheaper, get it.
3. Dell had a ton of Linux ready laptops under the XPS brand not long ago. Search and find out which to make sure, but they shipped with Linux installed.
4. I hate to say it, but HP Probooks were solid and shipped with Linux also. Terrible company, but they make decent enterprise products. They’ll sell for cheap on eBay.

…no

Thanks for mentioning the actual model number.

This…is not the best answer. You need to be REALLY SPECIFIC about model numbers now that Lenovo has pollutes that brand space.

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Yup, pretty much.

Press ESC

Uninstall the existing versions of whatever you have installed, then install the new version again.

Just the old standards, RVA20 and below. RVA23 is the current standard, and they’re just moving ahead with that because it’s kind of pointless to keep all the other compilation cruft around when nobody is going to use it.