What are good Linux laptops for 2019? • Hacker News Board

Re: What are good Linux laptops for 2019?

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Post by lokicat » Thu, Mar 21, 2019, 2:10 AM UTC

kevinherron wrote: post #13

ahachete wrote: post #9

Writing 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.

that's impossible. If it were that that much faster, it'd have to weigh twice as much and the CPU would probably have double the TDP! :)

Re: What are good Linux laptops for 2019?

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Post by rayiner » Thu, Mar 21, 2019, 2:14 AM UTC

ahachete wrote: post #9

Writing 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.

Do you use it as a laptop? What’s the battery life like with no tweaking?

Re: What are good Linux laptops for 2019?

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Post by mk926 » Thu, Mar 21, 2019, 2:15 AM UTC

I use Thinkdpad 13 with Ubuntu18.04 and 16G memory, 256G SSD, i7, it's light, battery life is good, 1080p screen, and it's cheap

Re: What are good Linux laptops for 2019?

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Post by rayiner » Thu, Mar 21, 2019, 2:17 AM UTC

ggm wrote: post #3

ThinkPad carbons rated well by owners. Pre carbon X series rated well by diehards

I own one (6th gen). It’s okay relative to other PC laptops. The WQHD display is good. Trackpad is passable. Lenovo’s quality control is shit. The bezel is a peelable sticker....

Re: What are good Linux laptops for 2019?

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Post by wmantly » Thu, Mar 21, 2019, 2:19 AM UTC

I have been using Linux on many higher end HP laptops without issue. At the moment I have HP Spectre x360 15in 2016,8th gen i7 16gb RAM, 512GB SSD and 2gb mx950 Nvidia. After installing Linux Mint 19 everything worked out of the box and i get about 6-hour of battery. I have a few older HP envy series and each of them work with out issue. The only issue i have had in the past 5years is laptops with more then 2 speakers. Linux just assumes 2 speakers and you get shit sound. This is fixable with jack-reset.

Re: What are good Linux laptops for 2019?

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Post by kdamica » Thu, Mar 21, 2019, 2:21 AM UTC

I've been using a Galago Pro for over a year now, and I can't recommend it. I thought I wouldn't mind the small battery but it's burned me a few times now. I'm hesitant to even leave it overnight in suspend mode.

If I could do it over I'd get an XPS 13, non touch screen.

Re: What are good Linux laptops for 2019?

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Post by kevinherron » Thu, Mar 21, 2019, 2:24 AM UTC

frfl wrote: post #20

kevinherron wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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). [1]: https://github.com/erpalma/throttled

I've had this installed and running since day 1.

Re: What are good Linux laptops for 2019?

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Post by akmittal » Thu, Mar 21, 2019, 2:25 AM UTC

I am using Asus Zenbook UX430. Everything except fingerprint works out of box. Getting 6+ hours of battery life with kubuntu 18.10 installed. Also it is decently priced.

Re: What are good Linux laptops for 2019?

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Post by ioddly » Thu, Mar 21, 2019, 2:25 AM UTC

Pretty happy on a Thinkpad X230 over here. Cheap as dirt and upgradable/repairable. Battery life is a few hours with a fresh battery. If I got another I'd probably pick up an X1 Carbon.

After my last ASUS laptop I will never buy a non-business laptop again.

If you stick with the Mac, it's not as good as a real tiling WM but I find Amethyst helps.

Re: What are good Linux laptops for 2019?

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Post by ioddly » Thu, Mar 21, 2019, 2:30 AM UTC

tristram_shandy wrote: post #19

ThinkPad 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 gamin…

> I replaced my workstation and gaming computer with this setup and am finally down to one-device nirvana.

That's a tantalizing option, what kind of gaming do you do on it?

I'm at a point where I'm ready to have one computer, but while I don't do very much gaming any more I do like to pick up new games.