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Re: Best Ultrabook for Linux?

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Post by masklinn » Fri, Mar 23, 2012, 10:20 PM UTC

SamReidHughes wrote: post #168

masklinn wrote: post #137

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> And that's the superficial stuff. That's also weird/misinformed stuff to say the least: > Backspace and delete? The Air has a backspace key, and a forward delete can be achieved via Fn-backspace (on OSX at least) > F keys? Of course, 12 of them > Mouse buttons? Yes, two. > Price? Same price category as most other ultrabooks.

Fn-backspace is no good. You just don't "get" the almighty Thinkpad.

I'm not sure what you're trying to say, and what the reference is about.

Is Fn-Backspace sub-optimal for forward deletion compared to a dedicated key? Sure. But it's there.

Re: Best Ultrabook for Linux?

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Post by masklinn » Fri, Mar 23, 2012, 10:22 PM UTC

raphinou wrote: post #99

Ogre wrote: post #98

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I think your character must have come across wrong, or you're referring to non-US MacBooks? | is shift-\ just like everywhere else. alt-shift-l gives me a Ò. (This was typed on a MacBook Pro)

It must be on Azerty keyboard then. Each time I have to work on a mac I need to ask how to type the pipe character.

Yes the AZERTY Apple keyboard is full of suck (then again, so's the base one — at least the french layout, AltGr + 6 for a pipe? How about no?)

Re: Best Ultrabook for Linux?

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Post by akkartik » Sat, Mar 24, 2012, 7:02 PM UTC

rbanffy wrote: post #162

akkartik wrote: post #161

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Thanks! I updated my tunables, but top of the overview is the laptop fan. Update : it's also possible the GPU is the culprit: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=786665

Nice! Let us know what happens.

Here's a snapshot from my powertop:

    Usage     Device name
   3598 rpm     Laptop fan
    1.7%        CPU use
  100.0%        Display backlight
  100.0%        PCI Device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 4
  100.0%        PCI Device: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller
  100.0%        PCI Device: Ricoh Co Ltd Device e823
  100.0%        PCI Device: Intel Corporation Centrino Ultimate-N 6300
  100.0%        PCI Device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller
  100.0%        PCI Device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family 6 port SATA AHCI Controller
  100.0%        PCI Device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 2
  100.0%        PCI Device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1
  100.0%        PCI Device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller
  100.0%        PCI Device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family KT Controller
  100.0%        PCI Device: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller
  100.0%        Radio device: iwlagn
  100.0%        PCI Device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5
    0.0 pkts/s  Network interface: wlan0 (iwlagn)
    0.0 pkts/s  Network interface: eth2 (e1000e)

Re: Best Ultrabook for Linux?

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Post by replax » Mon, Mar 26, 2012, 9:43 AM UTC

kamechan wrote: post #143

See if you can find a special on a thinkpad x220 if you don't want to go the air route. Unlike the air, you can max it out at 8GB of RAM and it comes with full voltage processors rather than ULV processors like in the MBA. I was running gentoo on my x220 (have since gone to a T420 on mostly for the higher resolution screen) and getting 11 hours battery from the 9-cell. Also would recommend the IPS option, though they…

Actually, you can even stick 16GB ram into the x220. i agree that it is a great notebook, esp. with the ips screen! if only the resolution was a tad higher :)