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  • 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.






  • 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.