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I got a lower-end Asus laptop a few years ago and it's starting to show its age. The laptop is not completely unusable yet, so I can still use it for a few more months. I would prefer to spend $500 or less on a laptop, though it may be hard to find a good one without going to the used market. I'm looking for something that is sturdy, has a good battery life, good hardware compatibility with Linux, and has 16 gigs of RAM. I do not need anything crazy powerful, just enough for some light gaming (games such as TF2 and Gmod come to mind) and potentially AutoCAD.

I got a lower-end Asus laptop a few years ago and it's starting to show its age. The laptop is not completely unusable yet, so I can still use it for a few more months. I would prefer to spend $500 or less on a laptop, though it may be hard to find a good one without going to the used market. I'm looking for something that is sturdy, has a good battery life, good hardware compatibility with Linux, and has 16 gigs of RAM. I do not need anything crazy powerful, just enough for some light gaming (games such as TF2 and Gmod come to mind) and potentially AutoCAD.

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Honestly: pawn shops are your friend. MOST (not all, but majority) of laptops will have pretty good support now with Linux. I've yet to encounter a major issue with one, minus a few spots with finger print scanners, and CAC card readers. DO avoid Macs, in particular Mac's with M2 processors. The support for them isn't there yet. There's a distro working on it currently, but it's nowhere near ready.