Cool, enjoy your piece of junk Dell laptop.
Thanks Mr. Jobs, But it Seems I Can Use a Linux Laptop Now
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Re: Thanks Mr. Jobs, But it Seems I Can Use a Linux Laptop Now
#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
Anything Lenovo usually does. I've got a T61 and an X220 tablet here which everything in Ubuntu 12.04 works fine. The only problem I've had was connecting to an SSTP VPN but that was resolved easily with an ssh tunnel.
My wife's got a Lenovo laptop and upfortunately the trackpad is appalling. Not just worse than my MacBoook Pro, but worse than the bottom of the range Tesco/eMachines laptop that she had before it.
Which model. If it's a G-series, you're probably right.
Re: Thanks Mr. Jobs, But it Seems I Can Use a Linux Laptop Now
#123I go to a coffee shop often and among other things, I notice people's machines and how they interact with them. Two observations: 1. People with non-Mac machines always plug their laptop into AC power before starting work (unless it's a netbook). My previous Windows laptop had battery life of about 2 hours while my Macbook Pro has about 5 hours. 2. People with non-Mac machines have to be very careful where they sit,…
#2 also applies to most Macs, which is why I paid extra for a matte display on my Macbook Pro.
Re: Thanks Mr. Jobs, But it Seems I Can Use a Linux Laptop Now
#1241. What's the battery life like? 2. Are all devices supported with drivers - Bluetooth, 3D, graphics, sleep/wake, 802.11n, webcam, internal mike, ... 3. Does it do instant sleep/wake like a Mac - 100s of times without crashing/rebooting? 4. How does it handle external displays? Plug and play like a Mac? Does it handle display rotate? The internal display is only 1366x768 ? 5. Does it detect a headphone and switch fro…
You missed one, critical: - does it handle GPU switching (Optimus&al) without piles of hacks?
Irrelevant. The XPS13 only has Intel graphics.
Re: Thanks Mr. Jobs, But it Seems I Can Use a Linux Laptop Now
#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
If I need Windows, I use a virtual machine. Works very well, and I usually don't need to stay in Windows-land for a long time. YMMV, of course.
The problem with this for me was that I used Windows so seldom that when I started it, it would spend a long time installing all the updates accumulated since the last time.
I just decline to install them, myself.
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#126"I got a special version of Ubuntu, with some kernel patches, and some patched packages for sleep and hibernation." What version of Ubuntu is this hardware specific patched one? Are Canonical or Dell guranteeing updates? If so, for how long... Best of luck with it.
All the custom stuff is in a PPA[1]. Some of the patches are already merged into Quantal.
[1] https://launchpad.net/~canonical-hwe-team/+archive/sputnik-k...
Re: Thanks Mr. Jobs, But it Seems I Can Use a Linux Laptop Now
#127What's a 'Linux Laptop'? Wasn't Linus Torvald using a Macbook Air ... with Linux?
Indeed. So do I; 12.04 runs flawlessly on it out of the box.
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#128Why are people voting up this article? There is nothing interesting in it. I'm genuinely curious about what people are finding interesting here.
It's the story of my life - I got Apple initially because I wanted a 'Unix' laptop without the hassle of dealing with Linux drivers for laptops. The Powerbook G4 was awesome for this. Now if Linux drivers for laptops have finally settled down after 11 years, I can see myself move back to Linux. That's an interesting alternative if the hardware is as good as Apple hardware and less expensive.
That's why I got Apple. But getting siloed apps wasn't part of my game plan so I might switch back for my next machine. Especially if I can get a laptop to work after a mere hours of fiddling rather than days :)
Re: Thanks Mr. Jobs, But it Seems I Can Use a Linux Laptop Now
#129Dell has done this before and the service went away. I have zero confidence that won't happen again. Sorry Dell.
Re: Thanks Mr. Jobs, But it Seems I Can Use a Linux Laptop Now
#130Just as a reminder: 'Linux Is A Lemon On The Retina MacBook Pro' http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=apple...
For now. Linux DEs are very close to full support for variable DPI, much better than Windows. It'll change as high DPI devices become more popular.
Variable DPI is only one factor, there are apparently many other problems with Linux on current MacBooks (and Apple is probably more to blame than Linux). For now, running Linux in a virtual machine seems to be the most convenient way on current MacBooks (MacBook Pro Retina, new MacBook Air).