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It's a good idea to keep an eye out for the list here. There's a Thinkpad there which runs completely on free software, a good indication that the hardware support will be good: https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/endorsement/respects-your-f...
"Hardware Devices that Support GNU/Linux"
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I've never seen anything like the new Force Touch trackpads (Apple) on any machine, and they are really spoiling me.
Isn't that just compensating for lack of right and middle click? I'd prefer to put as little pressure as possible, and like the tactile positioning of buttons. But obviously people disagree else they wouldn't rave about the subpar keyboard and rather hot chassis as well ;).
This Force Touch is also making its way to their iOS devices in a variation they are calling 3D Touch. Like many Apple technologies, it's one of those things that after you use it for awhile, it's really hard to go back to anything else. I guess that's what you get for premium prices, and thankfully it's worth it!
All Intel (but not Skylake) tends to be pretty good. My old MacBook Air 11 2012 (which Linus himself used to use) is almost perfect. It's only missing ACPI events for battery discharges (something I've only seen in x220, but I hated its fan noise). I'd like to point out that some very cheap Chromebooks that are getting Libreboot support (not ready yet for prime time though): https://libreboot.org/docs/hcl/index.html#…
Interesting that Linus himself used to use a MacBook Air! I'm curious what he uses now.
Almost everything works, but I'm having trouble with a couple of things:
Graphics. It has switchable intel/nvidia but I get a better performance out of the intel chip still. Battery life is about 2.5/3 hours. I haven't tested bluetooth. The fan sometimes comes up without any apparent reason. Palm detection and gestures don't work, but the trackpad is ok otherwise
The display is gorgeous, the machine is a beast and I'm very happy with it otherwise.
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I have written this elsewhere ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11492941 ), but I caution everyone away from the 13 DE and go with the Precision instead (15"). I could dig up the litany of Dell Forum posts I wrote and responded to for my XPS 13DE (9343), but it would be time consuming. They eventually sorted it out, but the issue isn't the Sputnik team, its the hardware in the 13" XPS. The Precision M3800 has be…
What issues did you have besides wireless? I just bought one and ordered an intel card to put in (now waiting on a torx screwdriver because I didn't noticed I didn't have one! XD) I'm planning on Arch, but if I get sick of that or find my terminal-fu lacking, I'll probably go back to Mint.
I have a Dell Chromebook 13. Basically it is a Macbook Pro that happens to run Linux really well. I have used Thinkpads X (200, 201, 220) in the past, then switched to Chromebook C720, then this. After you install John Lewis' ROM (basically a Coreboot build), it is an absolute dream, and everything worked out of the box, wifi, bt, 3d acceleration, suspend/resume, audio jack detection, you name it. Trackpad is really…
How's the screen like? Do you see pixels when reading text/code? If my calculations are correct, the Dell Chromebook has 169PPI, while the MBP 13 has a 227 PPI display.
My general advice would be to check the Arch wiki ( https://www.archlinux.org/ ), whether you intend to run Arch or not. It's a pretty good indicator to determine how much support you're going to get with the laptop and whether things generally work as they're supposed to. For example, here's the page for my laptop: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Dell_XPS_13_%282015%29
The arch wiki is absolutely great, but it doesn't have much/any info for some (newer) laptops (e.g. XPS15 9550, X1 Carbon 4th gen..)
I use a Mac at home but at work I'm using a Lenovo E550. It's a lot more bulky than my mac and it feels cheap in the hand but that's where my complaints end. It's a great computer for work installing Ubuntu on it was a breeze and it even still works with the dock so I can have triple monitors at work. The only thing I wish I could change is installing a SSD but alas the company I work for will only pay for so much ;)…
Putting a non-SSD into a new laptop makes about as much sense as putting a lawn mower engine into a ferrari.
I'm dual-booting Win 8.1 & Ubuntu 15.10 on a Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro and Ubuntu works great, including touch screen, video, sound & Spotify, the whole works. As a bonus, if you're a distro explorer is has a "Novo" button in addition to a power button. "Novo" takes you straight to the Setup/boot menu, and distros boot well from SD cards. I've played with Kali, Tails and Ubuntu Gnome this way.