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Linus himself uses Asahi over an M2 Macbook Air: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/linus-torvalds-uses-...
I believe he also runs it in console mode and doesn't use graphics, X.org, Wayland, etc. So, keep that in mind.
I've gotten myself a Dell Latitude 7330 Rugged Extreme laptop recently. It's what my ideal laptop is supposed to be: easily serviceable, plenty of ports, indestructible and linux-friendly. Even the onboard WLAN supports monitoring mode. Running NixOS+xmonad on it, encountered no problems whatsoever after it was configured. One major difference from an ordinary laptop experience is the old-style resistive trackpad, bu…
> I've also heard legends about how great Dell's Worldwide repair program is where people have had parts delivered to them next day on the island of Borneo in Indonesia, but that's yet to be tested. This was a long time ago, but I bought a Dell with Ubuntu while visiting my parents in Oregon, and took it back with me to where I was living in Innsbruck, Austria. The hard drive (I told you this was a while back) died o…
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Linus himself uses Asahi over an M2 Macbook Air: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/08/linus-torvalds-uses-...
It's probably in his interest to run on the least stable environment possible to better identify kinks for prioritization.
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My T430s is still going strong. The good thing is that with Linux you don’t need the latest hardware to have a snappy system. The bad thing is that not having the latest hardware is required if you don’t want to tinker.
> with Linux you don’t need the latest hardware If you work with compiled languages, having good hardware is a real quality of life improvement.
PSA: I don't believe that Lenovo should be trusted. They sold malware infected devices in exchange for money and have a long history of subjecting their users to privacy and security problems. With the superfish fiasco first they insisted there wasn't any risk: “We have thoroughly investigated this technology and do not find any evidence to substantiate security concerns,” ( https://www.techshout.com/lenovo-denies-ac…
PSA: I don't believe that Lenovo should be trusted. They sold malware infected devices in exchange for money and have a long history of subjecting their users to privacy and security problems. With the superfish fiasco first they insisted there wasn't any risk: “We have thoroughly investigated this technology and do not find any evidence to substantiate security concerns,” ( https://www.techshout.com/lenovo-denies-ac…
This whole post is about Linux support. All known issues, including everything you're linking here is about Windows.
We have enough questionable hardware and binary blobs in our devices as it is. Why choose a device from a company who has repeatedly proven themselves to be undeserving of our trust? Why assume they would never target any other OS? Especially considering they've been increasingly marketing themselves to linux users?
I've gotten myself a Dell Latitude 7330 Rugged Extreme laptop recently. It's what my ideal laptop is supposed to be: easily serviceable, plenty of ports, indestructible and linux-friendly. Even the onboard WLAN supports monitoring mode. Running NixOS+xmonad on it, encountered no problems whatsoever after it was configured. One major difference from an ordinary laptop experience is the old-style resistive trackpad, bu…
Just looked it up, I see the appeal of just toting this in your hand while flying with no other baggage (assuming the battery lasts forever), but what’s the price again? The center review said it’ll cost almost 10 grand.
And yeah the batteries are great, `powertop` reported 55h battery life remaining at 60% backlight with a single `st` terminal window open. And the backlight is blindingly bright at the max setting, so it's also usable in direct sunlight.
The laptop will also charge off of any USB-C power source like the weakest phone charger, makes me think that it'll take charge even from serially wired potatoes.