recommend me a distro that runs well on an Asus laptop with an Integrated and Discreet GPU.
FWIW, Bazzite offers dedicated images for a bunch of different hardware including ASUS laptops.
Note, however, that Bazzite works a bit differently than your average distro. Though you should be more than fine as long as the means to address your needs are contained within its pretty good documentation. For all else, first try if the conventional method used on traditional distros works. If for whatever reason that doesn’t yield, then consider reaching out to one of their community channels.
What is it you use your laptop for?
I don’t think I’m an expert on the matter 😅, but I will try my best at an educated guess:
Most Linux users had to create their first Linux install drive from a Windows machine. As such, they were most likely inclined to use something else instead. Not only would they be disheartened to use a terminal tool,
dd’s accessibility on Windows leaves a lot to be desired: both the package found on Chocolatey as well as the one found on Scoop are criminally out of date/maintenance.Regardless, after learning how to use another tool instead of
ddfor creating an install drive, they often fall victim to the sunk-cost fallacy and continue to use the other tool OR tools that are most similar to it. Lettingddslide for the foreseeable time…dd, while absolutely functional, is relatively bare-bones:If someone would like to use a tool that does any of the above in addition to making an install drive, then
ddsimply falls short and is simply ignored/dismissed in favor of any of the viable alternatives.