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That’s horrifying.
Look, my setup works for me.
ISWYDT https://xkcd.com/1172/
Linux on the Fujitsu Lifebook U729
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#92This article just pushed me over to retry Linux on my laptop, and I've been spending the last 2 hours on a Linux desktop. I would love to use it as my main driver (will try the next week), but it still feels like a thousand paper cuts and realize why I was stuck on macOS for the last 10 years. Ugh :(
Curious what the cuts are? I'm forced to use MBP at $JOB and it sucks compared to Linux at home. Maybe I'm just used to Linux, don't know? But I love the fact that I can configure it the way I like, especially all the keyboard shortcuts. On MacOS this has proven to be difficult.
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#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
You can buy refurb M1s for $379 at Walmart.
M1 mac minis or macbooks?
MacBook Air, though the $379 price does seem to be a Black Friday deal: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Restored-Apple-MacBook-Air-13-Lap...
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#94Tossing Linux on used enterprise laptops is maybe the best bang for your buck machine you can get. They're often time a great value and within three years old. Used multiple Thinkpads and Dells over the years that were fantastic and gotten sub $400. Things I learned to look out for: - Locked BIOS - Look into the manufacturer's repairability reputation. I replaced the entire keyboard on my ThinkPad X1 Carbon and it wa…
With the recent Intel layoffs many Linux drivers are no longer maintained and as a consequence some older laptops don't boot anymore.
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#95Lenovo Z13 Gen 2 with 64GB RAM and AMD 7840u is what I daily drive. It's 13.3 Inch, premium build with glas and aluminum. It's my favorite laptop by a wide margin, and runs Linux perfectly. Unfortunately Lenovo stopped producing the Z13/Z16, no idea what I will do afterwards.
Re: Linux on the Fujitsu Lifebook U729
#96Tossing Linux on used enterprise laptops is maybe the best bang for your buck machine you can get. They're often time a great value and within three years old. Used multiple Thinkpads and Dells over the years that were fantastic and gotten sub $400. Things I learned to look out for: - Locked BIOS - Look into the manufacturer's repairability reputation. I replaced the entire keyboard on my ThinkPad X1 Carbon and it wa…
My daily driver for several years now has been an AMD Ryzen 7 powered ThinkPad t495. $120 used. After upgrading the RAM to 64gb it felt very snappy and usable. I run NixOS / Hyprland with rofi/waybar. When an accident happened and the first t495 was damaged, I bought a second for $80, swapped the parts and was back in business. I use it for coding, web research, and a bit of CAD design via FreeCAD. Very happy with th…
Possibly 40gb, but not 64gb. The T495 has 8gb soldered and one DDR4 slot. Concur great hardware, particularly the keyboard.
Re: Linux on the Fujitsu Lifebook U729
#97If you want portability on something premium, I can't recommend enough the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7. Specwise I've got the one with the Core ultra 5 125h. It also has an option with the 155h, but it battery and thermals can take a hit that I don't think it's worth it. It's got 16gb spread across 8x2gb modules and 512gb of ssd, both soldered, both extremely fast. Build quality that rivals MacBooks, but with superior keyboar…
I have an old Yoga that I've considered throwing Linux onto... are there any particular distros you've used that play nice with the touchscreen?
The one I have doesn't have a touchscreen and I don't have any workflow that would benefit from it, so I can't help you there, sorry
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#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
Has a proprietary bootloader that Apple can lock in an OTA update. Also doesn't support Linux as well as Intel or AMD chipsets, unfortunately.
i don't think either of those is really true? https://asahilinux.org/docs/platform/open-os-interop/
Literally the first step of the boot overview depends on a proprietary and irreplaceable Apple-controlled blob:
iBoot2 loads the custom kernel, which is a build of m1n1
Re: Linux on the Fujitsu Lifebook U729
#99If you want portability on something premium, I can't recommend enough the Lenovo Yoga Slim 7. Specwise I've got the one with the Core ultra 5 125h. It also has an option with the 155h, but it battery and thermals can take a hit that I don't think it's worth it. It's got 16gb spread across 8x2gb modules and 512gb of ssd, both soldered, both extremely fast. Build quality that rivals MacBooks, but with superior keyboar…
16gigs soldered seems like obsolete on arrival for a windows PC. I briefly owned a Slim 7 32gigs but sold it because it felt too heavy for a 14incher. Got an M1 instead.
Windows itself is obsolete. My yoga is pretty slick and light.
Re: Linux on the Fujitsu Lifebook U729
#100Tossing Linux on used enterprise laptops is maybe the best bang for your buck machine you can get. They're often time a great value and within three years old. Used multiple Thinkpads and Dells over the years that were fantastic and gotten sub $400. Things I learned to look out for: - Locked BIOS - Look into the manufacturer's repairability reputation. I replaced the entire keyboard on my ThinkPad X1 Carbon and it wa…
Can back this. Many years ago I purchased a Dell Latitude from eBay. After messing around with a 3D printer, there was a short of mains voltage onto the USB line, frying the laptop and tripping the house electrics. I contacted Dell asking for a schematic of the PCBs thinking that I had blown some components, but they informed me that the laptop was still under warranty thanks to the original business purchaser (by ju…
Dell customer service is whatever someone wants to pay for.
I bought a new Dell laptop 20-ish years ago along with whatever the super-duper coverage was called at that time (Complete Care, maybe?). IIRC, it only excluded deliberate damage (and "hammer marks" was used as an example).
But they had no trouble sending me parts. Power brick soaked in a flood? No big deal; a new one is on the way. Dropped a screwdriver on the screen at work? They sent a whole person over to replace it.
It was very expensive coverage -- it cost more by itself than the used/refurb laptops we're discussing. It was sold separately. It did not, by my estimation around that time, ultimately pay for itself.
But if you score it for "free" with a used machine, then sure! Bargain!
(A person can check the warranty/service status of an unmolested Dell machine here: https://www.dell.com/support/contractservices/en-us )