Hacker News Board Hacker News, browsed like a classic message board
Live data from Hacker News

Ask HN: I Want to have a small Linux laptop. What are my options?

news.ycombinator.com

Post reply on HN
Print view View original

11–20 of 85 posts

Re: Ask HN: I Want to have a small Linux laptop. What are my options?

#11

Post by monero-xmr »

fsflover wrote: post #3

There are Librem 14, https://puri.sm/products/librem-14 , and Lemur Pro, https://system76.com/laptops/lemur .

For what it's worth, System76 are the first linux laptops I ever bought (and I've bought so, so many) that felt like it Just Worked. I recommend.

Re: Ask HN: I Want to have a small Linux laptop. What are my options?

#12

Post by jvanderbot »

vhodges wrote: post #6

I am quite happy with my 12th gen 13" Framework running NixOS. Everything I need seems to work out of the box (sleep/resume (not using hibernate though), Touchpad, camera, mic, etc) and seems quite stable. The 13th Gen (w/i7 only?) has a bigger batter so battery life should be better (a chief concern for some - though I am almost always plugged in). The new version also has an option for a matte screen. There's also…

+1 framework. Its light, super versatile, and plenty stable with debian or Ubuntu

Re: Ask HN: I Want to have a small Linux laptop. What are my options?

#14

Post by sandworm101 »

AlexeyBrin wrote: post #4

I have an 11" Chromebook (Intel CPU) with the Linux extension enabled (you get a Debian VM), I can run any Linux program on it, even programs that require graphics. It is perfect for travel (battery is good for about 8 - 10 hours, depending on usage). If you decide to go on this route, make sure that you buy a supported machine (as in it will receive updates for at least a few years from now).

I also have a windows VM on my laptop. That doesn't make my laptop a windows machine. A from-the-bios-up linux install is a fundamentally different security scheme than having the ability to run linux software in a VM.

Re: Ask HN: I Want to have a small Linux laptop. What are my options?

#16

Post by yoyohello13 »

fsflover wrote: post #3

There are Librem 14, https://puri.sm/products/librem-14 , and Lemur Pro, https://system76.com/laptops/lemur .

I'll second the Lemur Pro.

I really like mine. Everything worked out of the box, and I tend to get ~12 hours of battery life.

Re: Ask HN: I Want to have a small Linux laptop. What are my options?

#17

Post by sethrin »

oneearedrabbit wrote: post #8

This may be a bit esoteric -- eee pc 701/901 if you get can get by with Atom N270.

I loved my eee but I can't imagine going back to that platform these days; it's workable for programming but it struggles with almost every task. You're going to want to run xfce or something rather than gnome or kde, among other things. I'd prefer a system76 laptop these days.
Post reply on HN