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Poll: What's the best laptop for Linux these days?

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Re: Poll: What's the best laptop for Linux these days?

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rendall wrote: post #19

I have had 0 problems with XPS Dell running Ubuntu. I've run it both as a dual boot with Windows and a standalone. Loved it so much I bought a second. The 13 in "Dell XPS 13" refers to the screen size. You can have a bigger screen. 15 & 17. My laptops are Dell XPS 17. I have heard good things about the Dell Precision as well.

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Re: Poll: What's the best laptop for Linux these days?

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Post by buildfocus »

I've used Linux on an X1 Carbon for many years now, but I just bought a 12th Gen Framework - so far it's noticeably better in every aspect, from software support to build quality to support, and of course maintainability.

The X1 generally worked, but there were always occasional teething issues & manual fiddling required. The Framework meanwhile works flawlessly, has official support and detailed setup guides for many major distros, and I've seen their customer service personally help debug & fix Linux issues in their forums (resulting in far more useful answers when googling questions, so far). It's in another league.

Re: Poll: What's the best laptop for Linux these days?

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Post by wging »

jart wrote: post #126

Try a Lemur Pro https://system76.com/laptops/lemp11/configure

I've got a last-gen Lemur that I really like. (lemp10 / 11th-gen Core i7-1165G7, one generation older than jart's link.) I'd recommend their new one on that basis. I'm pretty happy with Pop OS.

However, I'd say the decision between it and the Oryx (which OP has on their poll) is about OP's needs and preferences, rather than one strictly beating the other.

It has a long battery life even after a few years of use, compared to other laptops I've used (higher rated capacity, and probably lower power consumption than the Oryx). It's very thin and light, but still fast and doesn't get very hot.

One caveat though: it's got no discrete GPU, which may or may not matter for you. (Probably that accounts for a good part of the battery life.) If the Lemur were my only computer I'd probably regret it on that basis. Its specs, even setting aside the GPU, are also going to be less impressive than the Oryx.

But the Lemur is about half the weight - I would happily trade the performance for battery life and mobility. I also like the ability to charge with USB-C - a non-power-hungry laptop means you don't require a special power connector (or more advanced USB power delivery that IIUC isn't really widespread yet).

Re: Poll: What's the best laptop for Linux these days?

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Post by mjcohen »

notpushkin wrote: post #140
boneitis wrote: post #129

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not meant to be downer (as a very, very happy owner of a pocket T420s if its replacement T480s should fail me): To anyone considering going back this far in hardware gen, my T420s (i7, 16GB memory, LUKS-encrypted SSD needed for work) on Mint + MATE DE could flat-out _not_ handle work video calls unless it was the _only_ thing that was running with everything else closed down. Even then, it was watching slideshows. It…

Not sure about T420s, but my T420 handled Zoom calls with Codium and browser running in the background (and sometimes used too) just fine. One thing it couldn't handle however is recording the call (the recording was like 1 FPS and almost no sound). Ubuntu, Xfce, can't recall the specs right now but definitely not top of the line.

Even if the call was recorded in the cloud?
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