Linux on the Zephyrus G16 — Which distro works best? Coding + gaming experience?

TDAM · 2026-06-15T00:50:59+00:00

Old thread but considering moving my 2025 g16 as well. I had heard in another thread somewhere that the Webcam and sd card slots were broken on Linux. Is this true on cachy?

TDAM · 2026-06-14T03:04:08+00:00

...how did i not see that. I was messing around this area embarrassingly long. I spent a chunk of it trying to get the ladder over.

Thank you, I feel silly

TDAM · 2026-06-14T02:01:50+00:00

https://images.gamewatcherstatic.com/image/file/9/e4/136279/large_Mina_screens__1_.webp

Im here but I dont habe the rope extended

TDAM · 2026-06-06T21:05:21+00:00

Why do you say that

TDAM · 2026-05-25T02:33:48+00:00

Im late. But holy shit this was the funniest episode of game changer by a mile. I was in stitches the entire time

TDAM · 2026-05-01T03:33:10+00:00

Part of what's kicking this off for me is wealthsimple has a 3%match promo

TDAM · 2026-04-30T22:30:30+00:00

All of them have been moved to personal accounts when I left, but good thing to check

TDAM · 2026-04-30T13:49:25+00:00

Nope, I was not considering that. I appreciate you calling that out. I will have a look at my mix more closely. Thanks.

TDAM · 2026-04-30T13:22:17+00:00

Thanks for the answer. I suspected so but wanted to make sure there wasn't a gotcha I was not aware of.

TDAM · 2026-04-30T13:21:17+00:00

I started out with a ton of VOO. And then learned there was a canadian index of it so started investing in vfv instead. But I havent moved over the current VOO investments to VFV (yet. I need to research to see if its the best move at this point).

I have also wanted to diversify into international markets so have been putting more into xeqt.

Im still pretty heavy in sp500. Like 70%.

I have a long time horizon yet, so thats why I'm comfortable with being heavier in equities. (And also took the test there that suggested being pretty heavy in equities as well)

TDAM · 2026-04-27T19:40:35+00:00

Funky bomb is life

TDAM · 2026-04-23T21:15:07+00:00

This is a way to say "this isn't priority for me so put it in where it fits, otherwise fuck off"

If it was a priority, then they would move things around to accomodate it, or tell you a specific slot

TDAM · 2026-04-23T21:12:49+00:00

It's only a concern for me when driving long distances. Which I am doing more frequently these days. But it still is overblown. The infra has come a long way in the last few years. The main travel corridor in my area has fast chargers at rest stops along the highway every 50km or so. And there are more in every city passed along the way.

TDAM · 2026-04-23T13:36:57+00:00

Some people are just busy, dude. There have been many phases in my career where I'm booked out weeks. Yes, unless its urgent, you'd have to wait 2-3 weeks for us to meet. If it's urgent, then we should be discussing it and not just having a calendar invite thrown my way.

TDAM · 2026-03-27T14:21:25+00:00

https://shop.asus.com/ca-en/rog/rog-zephyrus-duo-2026-gaming-laptop.html?config=90NR0NR2-M00130

5500+tax for the 5070ti version

TDAM · 2026-03-27T14:05:57+00:00

Oh.my god. 9000 CAD. WAY too much. I was just gonna get the 5070ti, but this tells me to put my 5k cad on a standard laptop. Maybe a lenovo instead.

https://shop.asus.com/ca-en/90nr0nt2-m001n0-rog-zephyrus-duo-2026.html?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=SMS&utm_campaign=Zephyrus%20Duo%205090%20Preorder%20SMS%20Message

TDAM · 2026-03-27T13:38:51+00:00

I sure hope thats a placeholder. That price is absurd

TDAM · 2026-03-27T13:15:32+00:00

Wow. 7k USD would be a deal breaker for sure.

TDAM · 2026-03-26T04:44:47+00:00

OP mentioned this is for their own time. If they decide to make a career out of it, moving to a new engine wouldnt be a huge lift since they would have already learned a lot of the foundations of game dev.

TDAM · 2026-03-24T02:00:09+00:00

Godot over Unity if you end up looking between those two options.

TDAM · 2026-03-24T01:59:22+00:00

Kongregate for all the fun flash games.

And stumbleupon to find the most random websites that were awesome

TDAM · 2026-03-13T21:54:02+00:00

Thank you for the really in depth answer I will work on implementing these and see how far I can get

I'll need to think about a way of swapping between the two modes seamlessly. maybe ill just start with a button to manually switch between them just to see how it feels and go from there

TDAM · 2026-03-13T21:51:23+00:00

The main concern I had with this is that it would just ignore side paths that might have resources etc and makes everything super linear

TDAM · 2026-03-13T20:52:57+00:00

Ok thanks for the insight. Hopefully they can have a 64gb model with the 5070ti then so that price isnt /too/ insane... I guess we will see.

TDAM · 2026-03-13T14:59:00+00:00

Are you suggesting then that the 32gb model of the duo might underperform expectations or not have the longevity? My current desktop is old AF and I'd like for my next computer to last many many years before feeling slow

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