I have a 2080 and have been running Pop_OS as my only OS for about 6 months now. It has been incredibly solid. I have also heard Bazzite is good, but have only tried it on an old MacBook with dual GPUs. It did not do great there, but I think that is an issue with the laptop, not bazzite
A full license still costs more than the whole machine, assuming you just want to buy a license. The machine you bought probably had an OEM license on it though, which is priced differently. Also, there are cheaper places to buy Windows keys online, so nobody should really be spending $200 on a license for their home machine.
Why it costs $200 for pro and they still try to sell you shit in the settings menu is beyond me. I’m still on the hunt right now for a Linux distro I like that isn’t a nightmare to maintain with a modern NVIDIA GPU though, so I’m stuck with it for now.
Vodulas@beehaw.org 5 weeks ago
Quexotic@beehaw.org 4 weeks ago
I wonder how the place that sold me the license for Windows 11 Pro for $6 did it. It still works for some reason.
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 5 weeks ago
I pity the fool who pays full price for a Windows license. I of course immediately formatted and switched to Linux.