Should this system be Linux compatible?

[Linuxuser]

Here's the specs:

Chassis & Display
Optimus Series: 15.6" Matte Full HD IPS LED Widescreen (1920x1080)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™ i5 Quad Core Processor 7300HQ (2.5GHz, 3.5GHz Turbo)
Memory (RAM)
8GB Kingston SODIMM DDR4 2133MHz (1 x 8GB)
Graphics Card
NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1050 Ti - 4.0GB GDDR5 Video RAM - DirectX® 12.1
1st Hard Disk
240GB KINGSTON UV400 2.5" SSD, SATA 6 Gb (550MB/R, 490MB/W)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated 6 in 1 Card Reader (SD /Mini SD/ SDHC / SDXC / MMC / RSMMC)
AC Adaptor
1 x 120W AC Adaptor
Power Cable
1 x 1 Metre Cloverleaf UK Power Cable
Thermal Paste
ARCTIC MX-4 EXTREME THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY COMPOUND
Sound Card
Intel 2 Channel High Def. Audio + SoundBlaster™ Cinema 3
Bluetooth & Wireless
GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS INTEL® AC-8265 M.2 (867Mbps, 802.11AC) +BT 4.0
USB Options
1 x USB 3.0 PORT (Type C) + 2 x USB 3.0 PORTS + 1 x USB 2.0 PORT
Battery
Cosmos VI Series 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery

 

[Oussebon]

PCS don't guarantee its compatibility with Linux, as you may have seen from the notifications when speccing it up.

However, I believe that's the Clevo N850HJ chassis. I've seen other resellers offering it with Ubuntu, Mint, openSUSE. So I would think it should be compatible.

 

[Stephen M]

I have the previous version of the Optimus and run Ubuntu on it. I had a few problems but that was all down to the GPU but there is a different one in this model so think you should be OK.

 

[Wozza63]

This has been discussed many times before, I think few users have had big issues with Linux on PCS laptops, I had both Mint and Ubuntu alongside Windows 8.1 on my laptop and both worked flawlessly. I personally believe not officially supporting it is just because they don't want to try and officially support the many Linux distros out there.

 

[Tony1044]

...I personally believe not officially supporting it is just because they don't want to try and officially support the many Linux distros out there.

Not just that. Linux and Windows are completely different skill sets so that means you're employing - and paying - specialists to support an OS that is frankly not ordered as often and let's be honest when it is used, the people using it often know far more than your average Windows user anyway.

And that means those costs have to be passed onto the customers, ultimately.

I rather suspect it's more about the commercials than anything else.