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Linux on the laptop works so damn well that it’s boring

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Re: Linux on the laptop works so damn well that it’s boring

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Post by stoplying1 »

I can't believe I'm saying this, but after a decade of claiming I didn't have driver issues, I absolutely cannot figure out how to get decent audio on newer Lenovo laptops (usually IdeaPad line). Supposedly there's numerous speakers, some of which aren't active under Linux, and/or a similair issue with woofers. I've tried everything from half a dozen pages of results from Google and I'm running 5.19...

From what I can tell, it's a growing issue, affecting laptops from multiple manufacturers often with "Dolby Atmos" printed on them. The result is very poor fidelity, low volume audio.

Re: Linux on the laptop works so damn well that it’s boring

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Post by JoeQuery »

aarpmcgee wrote: post #10

I installed PopOS (I know there’s some absurd punctuation involved in the name but I don’t remember what it is) on my 5 year old MacBook Pro and it feels like a brand new machine. The UX feels better to me than MacOS which is starting to feel more and more like Windows imo.

PopOS is wonderful. I highly recommend.

Re: Linux on the laptop works so damn well that it’s boring

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Post by delta1 »

aarpmcgee wrote: post #10

I installed PopOS (I know there’s some absurd punctuation involved in the name but I don’t remember what it is) on my 5 year old MacBook Pro and it feels like a brand new machine. The UX feels better to me than MacOS which is starting to feel more and more like Windows imo.

Pop!_OS

Very annoying to type

Re: Linux on the laptop works so damn well that it’s boring

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Post by jstimpfle »

Is that actually true? What does it say that I immediately recognize that T420 from the image?

Maybe the title should be changed to "Linux on the X220 and T420 ...". Even on these devices I've had some problems. Due to experiences I've made I'm sceptical that there are no issues with Fn keys, Trackpads, Display brightness, power consumption, connectivity... on random laptops - especially the lower-priced ones.

Re: Linux on the laptop works so damn well that it’s boring

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Post by mdaniel »

azangru wrote: post #4

Medium :-( Does anyone have a link to the full text of this article?

replace the "medium.com" with "scribe.rip" for a pure(?) html version: https://clivethompson.scribe.rip/linux-on-the-laptop-works-s... or evidently 12ft.io also works as submitted by the sibling comment (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32964606)
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