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Re: Lenovo Selling Linux Laptops Directly in the US

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Post by fomine3 »

tdsamardzhiev wrote: post #60
young_unixer wrote: post #12

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This is the only thing stopping me from buying an X1 Carbon. I had decided to buy a Dell Latitude instead, but apparently Dell did something similar [1], so now I don't know what to buy. Maybe a Huawei? AFAIK they haven't been caught in these shenanigans yet, but I still don't feel comfortable with them for some reason. God, the laptop market is awful. [1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/11/superfish-20-now-dell-.…

I've been buying Fujitsu laptop for all of my friends, relatives, and family for the last 10 years, and all the issues I've had is one dead fan and one shitty touchpad. Tough, reliable, no bloatware, "Made in Japan" sticker... why does nobody in the US talk about Fujitsu laptops?!

Fujitsu's PC division (FCCL) is now 51% acquired by Lenovo.

Even here in Japan, Fujitsu laptop can be bought everywhere but considered to mostly boring (except a few extreme lightweight models) but also not very rock solid. It's just a PC for average people and public sector. Enthusiasts buy ThinkPad, Let's note, Dell, HP, or Vaio.

Re: Lenovo Selling Linux Laptops Directly in the US

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Post by mark_l_watson »

I had a Lenovo Duet Chromebook delivered a few days ago, bought it directly from them. My gear is Apple and System 76, and I bought the Duet on a whim, to get a very portable Linux laptop (Linux container support is pretty good on Chromebooks). I was surprised how good the build quality is, given the very low price.

Re: Lenovo Selling Linux Laptops Directly in the US

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Post by Freak_NL »

maximum_stress wrote: post #136
Freak_NL wrote: post #54

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After two System76 laptops I have now switched to Dell. System76 is good, but it's just too much of a hassle when buying from the EU; particularly when dealing with hardware defects under warranty. After all those years I had hoped System76 would have partnered up with a representative in the EU internal market, but alas. Dell is also acting corporately weird by the way. The XPS 13 (9310) is available with Ubuntu 20.…

>Dell is also acting corporately weird by the way. My employer offers a modest Dell discount via an Employee Purchase Program. (EPP). You can order the 9310 with 16 or 32 gigs of memory through the EPP with Windows, but if want one with 32 gigs of memory and Linux , you have to engage their small business group and ask for a quote. Exact same machine in every way, just more memory. As I understand the memory is now s…

Dell isn't visibly offering Linux on their laptops in their Dutch digital store front at all. Despite being able to configure them. Which is weird, because the developers who want to buy it certainly exist.

Re: Lenovo Selling Linux Laptops Directly in the US

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Post by unraveller »

sam_lowry_ wrote: post #50
rjzzleep wrote: post #37

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I actually have an X280 in my hand. The reason why wanted it was so I would get 5 years of international warranty on it. Turns out most countries don't actually accept the accidental damage coverage from another country(I paid about $600-$700 in coverage, so for the first 3 years it's no better than an AppleCare, which is international as well). Also when I wanted to switch it for an X1C because the new ones came out…

For $600-700 you can get a backup laptop.

Dell lets you pay $100 for a "long-life" one-year extended warranty battery when new batteries are, you guessed it, $100. It's actually the exact same battery your laptop normally comes with only this one refuses to quick charge even after the warranty period is over, no matter if its done low cycles.

Re: Lenovo Selling Linux Laptops Directly in the US

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Post by scns »

cfinnberg wrote: post #102
scns wrote: post #21

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It depends. If you wan't to run linux, then on your location. If you want to run Windows, i can't help you. As others have allready mentioned, take a look at System76 if you reside in the US. Another option would be https://puri.sm/ Slimbook was mentioned, they are in the UK IIRC. If you are somewhere else, https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/ might have something for you.

Actually Slimbook is from Valencia (Spain). But AFAIK they send worldwide. At least I got mine in Finland at a reasonable shipping price.

I see, thanks for the correction. didn't check up on them. Had them mistaken for Starlabs, mentioned in your sibling.

Re: Lenovo Selling Linux Laptops Directly in the US

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Post by scns »

tome wrote: post #57
scns wrote: post #21

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It depends. If you wan't to run linux, then on your location. If you want to run Windows, i can't help you. As others have allready mentioned, take a look at System76 if you reside in the US. Another option would be https://puri.sm/ Slimbook was mentioned, they are in the UK IIRC. If you are somewhere else, https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/ might have something for you.

I have recently become aware of https://laptopwithlinux.com/

Looks good, thank you for another option.

Re: Lenovo Selling Linux Laptops Directly in the US

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Post by scns »

ekianjo wrote: post #103
scns wrote: post #21

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It depends. If you wan't to run linux, then on your location. If you want to run Windows, i can't help you. As others have allready mentioned, take a look at System76 if you reside in the US. Another option would be https://puri.sm/ Slimbook was mentioned, they are in the UK IIRC. If you are somewhere else, https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/ might have something for you.

Starlabs systems as well.

Yes, thank you. Took Slimbook for them cause i didn't check.

Re: Lenovo Selling Linux Laptops Directly in the US

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Post by freemint »

rjzzleep wrote: post #119
freemint wrote: post #104

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MHH maybe you are right. I can't exactly say when it started with my touchpad. Is your https://xkcd.com/243 also affected? Are the buttons of the mouse pad also affected?

Touchpoint seems to be affected too, but starts working again when I suspend and resume. Buttons as well. The thing that doesn't recover at all is the touchpad itself. Although I have also had cases where none recovered. How was it for yours?

I don't remember if the xkcd://243 is affected but I think so. Touchpad buttons are also affected. However the digitizer pen works, I don't know if it charges though.

Re: Lenovo Selling Linux Laptops Directly in the US

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Post by scns »

scns wrote: post #21
young_unixer wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is the only thing stopping me from buying an X1 Carbon. I had decided to buy a Dell Latitude instead, but apparently Dell did something similar [1], so now I don't know what to buy. Maybe a Huawei? AFAIK they haven't been caught in these shenanigans yet, but I still don't feel comfortable with them for some reason. God, the laptop market is awful. [1] https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2015/11/superfish-20-now-dell-.…

It depends. If you wan't to run linux, then on your location. If you want to run Windows, i can't help you. As others have allready mentioned, take a look at System76 if you reside in the US. Another option would be https://puri.sm/ Slimbook was mentioned, they are in the UK IIRC. If you are somewhere else, https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/ might have something for you.

(edit) Tuxedo is based in germany.

Addendum for folks who might have favourited/bookmarked this, contains mainly additions to the excellent comments by others (credit where it is due):

Slimbook is actually from Spain, they are the guys who offer the KDE laptop, they donate a part of the price to KDE: https://kde.slimbook.es/ No idea how they get away with only 1 year of warranty in the EU though.

Starlabs is the company i confused Slimbook with, they have 2 laptops on offer: https://starlabs.systems/pages/laptops

Laptop on Linux (https://laptopwithlinux.com/linux-laptops/) looks really good, they are based in the Netherlands. They sell Clevo barebones without additional branding, interesting IMO. They offer a liquid metal by Thermal Grizzly as a paid upgrade instead of Arctic MX-4. Pricy at 47€ but going from 8.5 W/mK to 73 W/mK should be worth it for people who dislike loud laptops.

Re: Lenovo Selling Linux Laptops Directly in the US

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Post by owly »

morpheos137 wrote: post #130

Does anybody know who makes a good 4:3 screen ratio laptop anymore? Lenovo used to years ago then almost everything went wide screen.

Not sure about 4:3, but I saw the Framework ones are 3:2. I’ll probably get one for this reason and for sustainability when my current laptop needs replacement. I’d like to hear some first hand reviews here if anyone has one. https://frame.work
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