Non-hiDPI display in 2022 is a non-starter. There’s simply not enough pixels to display text correctly with full hd.
It's fine, I'd rather have 16:10 or even better 3:2 than hidpi.
System76 Lemur Pro Linux laptop with 14 hours of battery life
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Re: System76 Lemur Pro Linux laptop with 14 hours of battery life
#42Non-hiDPI display in 2022 is a non-starter. There’s simply not enough pixels to display text correctly with full hd.
I'm fine with my 15.6" 1080p screen. The reasons I'm not considering this laptop is the lack of 3 physical buttons on the touchpad. It's Linux after all. Left select text, middle paste, no need of ctrl-c and ctrl-v. It's much faster and I'm using it all the time. Btw, I disable touch to click because it tends to move the pointer and generate misclicks.
Re: System76 Lemur Pro Linux laptop with 14 hours of battery life
#43good to see linux being sold in laptop out of the box. this means, hopefully that bugs that the linux community was used to, because everyone knew it and didn't bother fixing are getting fixed because linus managed to break Pop os in the first command. stuff like what kde is doing with their "15-Minute Bugs" are great initiatives. this will definitely help the overall linux software become more rugged and idiot frien…
It is good to see it but a bit ridiculous to see companies marking up the pricing just to install an OS which is pretty simple to do with almost any hardware.
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#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
I assure you it's enough to display text correctly in 1080p on 15" which is not considered hidpi. You may like hidpi, and that's fine. But let's keep shifting personal standards and what's practically usable straight.
It might be enough to show the text, but there is still no enough space on the screen. On 1440p disply for example there is so much more to run apps side by side.
How good is your eyesight? 150%? This is a 14" screen.
Re: System76 Lemur Pro Linux laptop with 14 hours of battery life
#45good to see linux being sold in laptop out of the box. this means, hopefully that bugs that the linux community was used to, because everyone knew it and didn't bother fixing are getting fixed because linus managed to break Pop os in the first command. stuff like what kde is doing with their "15-Minute Bugs" are great initiatives. this will definitely help the overall linux software become more rugged and idiot frien…
> good to see linux being sold in laptop out of the box. I remember knowing that if I got an IBM ThinkPad, it probably had good Linux driver support. I still make the assumption that Lenovo ThinkPads have better Linux driver support because hackers prefer them. But I honestly have no idea if that's true any more.
Various, generally older, ThinkPads are popular in the *BSD communities too.
Re: System76 Lemur Pro Linux laptop with 14 hours of battery life
#46I'm wondering with the (permanent?) switch to work from home if laptop sales will go down.
I've replaced both my personal and work laptops with System76 Meerkat mini PCs both running stock Unbuntu using Regolith for the desktop environment (https://system76.com/desktops/meerkat). They are stacked on top of each other on my desk and take up next to no space.
I work from home (and have since 1999) and don't travel for work (since Covid) so I have no need for laptops now. I have a larger monitor and for now I'm using an old USB switcher to share a wireless connection for my keyboard and mouse and use the input switcher on my monitor to switch between machines. In the future I may get an integrated hdmi/usb switch.
Has anyone else abandoned their laptops in favor of desktop/mini PCs?
Re: System76 Lemur Pro Linux laptop with 14 hours of battery life
#47https://www.tomshardware.com/news/alder-lake-powered-linux-l...
I was wondering how that got that battery life. I have an old system 76 (8th gen intel and nvidia) and while it’s quite speedy and can game, battery life isn’t great.
The article hints at Linux now using intels new low power cores. Though I’m not sure exactly how.
“Like Windows, Linux had to have some serious tinkering under the hood to prepare for the mix of Performance and Efficiency cores in Alder Lake chips. However, rest assured, efficient hybrid scheduling is taken care of with the two OS options that can be pre-installed on the Lemur Pro.”
Re: System76 Lemur Pro Linux laptop with 14 hours of battery life
#48good to see linux being sold in laptop out of the box. this means, hopefully that bugs that the linux community was used to, because everyone knew it and didn't bother fixing are getting fixed because linus managed to break Pop os in the first command. stuff like what kde is doing with their "15-Minute Bugs" are great initiatives. this will definitely help the overall linux software become more rugged and idiot frien…
It is good to see it but a bit ridiculous to see companies marking up the pricing just to install an OS which is pretty simple to do with almost any hardware.
It's an added context switch. It takes a small amount of time and the end user has the convenience of not needing to do it, the end user chooses to pay for that.
disclaimer: I've never touched a s76 machine.
I would never run an OS that was pre-installed as the install image can't be verified.
Re: System76 Lemur Pro Linux laptop with 14 hours of battery life
#49I'm wondering with the (permanent?) switch to work from home if laptop sales will go down. I've replaced both my personal and work laptops with System76 Meerkat mini PCs both running stock Unbuntu using Regolith for the desktop environment ( https://system76.com/desktops/meerkat ). They are stacked on top of each other on my desk and take up next to no space. I work from home (and have since 1999) and don't travel fo…
I haven't; i have an office with a screen, physical mouse and keyboard, but it still gets plugged into the laptop.
I can take the laptop to the kitchen, living room or garden if I so please. I can take it out of town or abroad. A desktop... I mean, i could take with me but not so easily.
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#50Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think this is a personal preference rather than a 'it just can not do it' situation. Been programming for decades on 1080p and before 1080 on 1024. My eyesight is quite bad (-5.85) and i can see perfectly fine on 1080p. Sure 2k or 4k might be better. But thats true for 8k as well.
HDD -> SSD is an enormous difference. SSD -> NVMe, better but not so dramatic. 1080p -> 4K is an enormous difference. 4K -> 8K, better but not so dramatic. The rate of improvement is not linear.
No one said it was. But for some people for some problems what they have is definitely good enough.
Example: hdd to ssd (huge quantitative improvement if you measure speeds). As you rightly said.
To my eyes(bad eyes) 1080p is enough, 4k might look slightly better but no way near in the same ballpark as hdd to ssd. Maybe its the fonts, workflow or fontsize i use but 4k fonts does not not x5 or x10 better than 1080p fonts. I absolutely sure there are ppl that, that is true for though. YMMV shrug