Ask HN: What is the best laptop to run Linux in 2019? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What is the best laptop to run Linux in 2019?

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Post by curiousgal » Sun, Mar 31, 2019, 10:48 AM UTC

XPS 15

Re: Ask HN: What is the best laptop to run Linux in 2019?

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Post by 0815test » Sun, Mar 31, 2019, 10:49 AM UTC

hestefisk wrote: post #7

Surface Book is not bad. No suspend though.

Do you still need "unofficial" kernel patches to make it work properly under Linux? That's not what good support looks like.

And the "no hardware support for ACPI suspend" thing is common to a lot of newer mobile hardware - they call it "Connected Standby", so just be aware of that misfeature.

Re: Ask HN: What is the best laptop to run Linux in 2019?

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Post by navidfarhadi » Sun, Mar 31, 2019, 10:51 AM UTC

Thinkpads have already been mentioned but I also highly recommend the Dell Latitude, especially the 7490. They have fantastic keyboards, great battery life, and absolutely amazing displays (among the best 1920x1080 displays I have seen on a laptop). Plus they run many Linux distributions out of the box with minimal configuration.

If you live in the US or Europe I'd recommend the US/UK Dell Outlet. You can get a Dell Latitude in great condition (often like-new condition) for a nice deal, especially when they have their laptop promotions. I've had a good experience with their onsite service as well.

Re: Ask HN: What is the best laptop to run Linux in 2019?

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Post by 0815test » Sun, Mar 31, 2019, 10:52 AM UTC

> What is the best laptop to run Linux in 2019?

The one that you own already and that's sitting in a closet because it won't run well using a "current" version of its stock OS. Chances are that it will work very well with Linux.

Re: Ask HN: What is the best laptop to run Linux in 2019?

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Post by mobilio » Sun, Mar 31, 2019, 10:53 AM UTC

gtf21 wrote: post #6

I have been wondering about this too. I'm pretty attached to my 2014 MBP (running macOS) but dislike the latest line of Macs (and want to have a linux laptop). I've been looking mostly at the new Dell XPS 13 range as they look really good. I just worry that the build quality will never match up to Apple's.

Same here - MBP/MBA fan. But i'm afraid to migrate to new ones due keyboard issues.

Re: Ask HN: What is the best laptop to run Linux in 2019?

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Post by rubenbe » Sun, Mar 31, 2019, 10:56 AM UTC

XPS13. It works perfectly out of the box, you can even order it with Linux pre-installed. Do I need to explain further? The experience of running Linux on my XPS has been "boring as it should be" because everything just works. (I'm using Fedora 29)

Re: Ask HN: What is the best laptop to run Linux in 2019?

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Post by snrji » Sun, Mar 31, 2019, 10:59 AM UTC

I have never had issues with neither HP, ASUS or Dell.

Re: Ask HN: What is the best laptop to run Linux in 2019?

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Post by posedge » Sun, Mar 31, 2019, 11:02 AM UTC

I don't know what the _best_ laptop is, but I've been running Ubuntu 18.04 on my XPS 15 for a couple of months and it's been a fuss-free experience so far. Once you switch the hard drive to AHCI mode, that is...

Re: Ask HN: What is the best laptop to run Linux in 2019?

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Post by bertman » Sun, Mar 31, 2019, 11:02 AM UTC

I'm using a librebooted ThinkPad x200 with Debian Stable and an AFFS display panel as my daily driver. It's great, I hope it never dies.

Re: Ask HN: What is the best laptop to run Linux in 2019?

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Post by swalladge » Sun, Mar 31, 2019, 11:03 AM UTC

chrisMyzel wrote: post #3

X1 carbon 6th runs smoothly on antergos

Can confirm. This is one nice machine. +1