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Re: Linux on the Fujitsu Lifebook U729

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Post by throawayonthe » Wed, Nov 19, 2025, 11:01 AM UTC

bigyabai wrote: post #149

oneplane wrote: post #144

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Only if you boot into macOS and connect it to the internet. iBoot2 never changes by itself, you, the user, decides if you want to boot into recovery or macOS and run an update. So can Apple stop signing new iBoot2 versions? Sure! And that sucks. But it's a bit of FUD to claim that Apple at arbitrary points in time is going to brick your laptop with no option for you to prevent that. Granted, if you boot both macOS an…

> You can never connect macOS or recovery to the internet, or never boot them In other words, you're completely fucked if you brick your install. I consider iBoot a direct user-hostile downgrade from UEFI for this reason. YMMV, but I would never trust my day-to-day on an iBoot machine. UEFI has no such limitations, and Apple is well-known for making controversial choices in OTA updates that users have no alternative…

except apple silicon notebooks are notably unbrickable[0]? you can always do https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fedora-asahi-remix/trou...

[0](through any user-accessible software action, obviously)

Re: Linux on the Fujitsu Lifebook U729

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Post by oneplane » Wed, Nov 19, 2025, 2:39 PM UTC

bigyabai wrote: post #166

oneplane wrote: post #153

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> In other words, you're completely fucked if you brick your install. I consider iBoot a direct user-hostile downgrade from UEFI for this reason. That's a bit of a creative perspective, isn't it? You have no control over the UEFI implementation of your vendor, same can be said for AGESA and ME, as well as any FSP/BSP/BUP packages, BROM signatures or eFused CPUs. And on top of that, you'll have preloaded certificates…

Basically your counterpoint is that I'm absolutely right to be concerned, but I'm wrong because UEFI can also be implemented with the same objectionable backdoors that Apple implements. We're done here, have a nice day.

It's not a counterpoint, it's a display of your factually incorrect statement.

Re: Linux on the Fujitsu Lifebook U729

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Post by Teknomadix » Sun, Nov 23, 2025, 2:49 PM UTC

skaragianis wrote: post #96

Teknomadix wrote: post #26

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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.

Point taken, but actually it's 16gb soldered and 32GB DDR4 SO-DIMM @2400mhz for a total of 48GB.