Those cheap sub-$200 Dell Inspirons run Xubuntu no problem. No non-free wlan needed and storage is easily expandable with USB 3.0. No complaints so far the experience has been smooth.
What are good Linux laptops for 2019?
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#12Asus Vivobooks are fine and cheap .e.g S410U and easily upgradable (taking it to 16gb cost maybe $100)
Everything works out the box except the fingerprint reader (maybe in 19.04)
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#13Writing from a Carbon X1 6th gen right now. Ubuntu 18.04 stock, no tweaking required, all worked no problem. The best laptop I ever had. Previously owned a 4th gen. 16.04, minor tweaking, also excellent laptop. Pricey, but the best you can get.
I’ve got one of these as well, and it’s great at running Linux, but it’s SOOO much slower than my 6-core MBP.
Compiling any project that takes longer than 30 seconds kicks the fans into high gear, throttles the cpu, and leaves it nearly unusable until it’s finished.
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#14iPad with mosh into remote Linux box in cloud. It’s the best!
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#15As mentioned the X series is great. The X1 Extreme Pros: - Up to theoretical 64 GB RAM (2 DDR4 slots) - 15.6in screen. - Secondary M.2 PCIe slot - Optional 4K display. Con - Nvidia GPU - 5-6 Hour Battery life There is also the X1 which is 14 in laptop, which max memory at 16GB of ram and but has great battery life.
Also second the X1 extreme. I bought for my machine learning projects and work. It comes with a dinky GPU (1050 TI w/ 4GB) which is useful for running experimenting with small deep learning models locally.
I was able to buy mine with 64 gb and core i7 (i7-8750H 6 Core Processor) during Lenovo's cyber monday sale for around ~$1,800. It looks like Lenovo is moving aggressively and is selling their high end laptops at a discount to capture the Apple audience. A similarly configured Macbook pro would run closer to $3,500.
I run pop os (ubuntu flavor) and it runs great. A couple of caveats. There is no linux driver for the finger print reader. Also it is super loud, anytime you do something intensive the fans start running. Additionally, you need to tune the laptop to get better battery performance. Usually, I disable the NVIDIA driver for general use which improves the life by 50 to 60%. And finally there have been some documented bios issues which have caused bricking. This is avoidable if you stay away from the touching the bios. Thankfully pop os makes switching between the drivers easy.
Overall, its a great laptop. Love the keyboard and the power under the hood.
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#16MBP refugee here.
Lenovo T480: real-life 11 hour battery w/ the second extended battery, lighted/water-resistant/good-feel keyboard, WQHD display, up to 32 (maybe 64 unofficially) GiB of RAM, Quad-core i7, MIL-SPEC rated, still user-servicable. It's not the latest in everything but it's awesome all-around. And, if you somehow find the right channel to order from, you maybe able to order it in a magnesium (!) top-case. There maybe a way to shoehorn in 3 SSDs of different types by using a dual SSD SATA tray that RAIDs them together and presents them as SATA and the WWAN bay with a properly-keyed right-angle NGFF extender.
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#18I've had a Dell Precision 5510 and now I'm using a Precision 5520. Ive run Ubuntu, but am currently running Fedora 29 on the 5520.
Fantastic machine. Best Linux on laptop experience I've ever had.
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#19ThinkPad T480 (with a 1080ti in an external GPU enclosure for gaming at home / ML)
32 GB, 10+ hour battery life, 1Tb of flash storage with OPAL transparent self-encryption, WQHD main display, two USB C ports + two regular USB ports + an ethernet jack, automatic firmware updates through the package manager, and most importantly, no driver issues with the laptop and Linux whatsoever!
I replaced my workstation and gaming computer with this setup and am finally down to one-device nirvana.
Last month I knocked a full cup of coffee on the keyboard, and was relieved to discover the keyboard is completely separate and isolate from the rest of the device and is designed to be easily user replaceable -- I was able to replace the entire keyboard ($80 on Amazon) without even opening the case! The assembly is held in place by two screws on the bottom.
My previous laptop was a 2018 MBP, which I sold after two months due to my dislike (and distrust) of the keyboard. Couldn't be happier.
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#20Writing from a Carbon X1 6th gen right now. Ubuntu 18.04 stock, no tweaking required, all worked no problem. The best laptop I ever had. Previously owned a 4th gen. 16.04, minor tweaking, also excellent laptop. Pricey, but the best you can get.
I’ve got one of these as well, and it’s great at running Linux, but it’s SOOO much slower than my 6-core MBP. Compiling any project that takes longer than 30 seconds kicks the fans into high gear, throttles the cpu, and leaves it nearly unusable until it’s finished.
maybe this anti-throttling script[1] should help. I'm able to run at max CPU clock frequency at 85-90+ deg temps without throttling when doing CPU intense stuff (t480s, not carbon, but should work on carbon).