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Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by lkdfjlkdfjlg »

jmkni wrote: post #3

My problem is just that I've been spoiled by the MacBook air. All of the power I need, fanless, insane battery life, unix shell. I know I can put Asahi on it, but I also know there are still issues around webcam/graphics drivers (I spend a lot of time on video calls) If there was something with the form factor of a MacBook Air I could put Linux on, and it would run as well, I wouldn't look back. The closest is the Fr…

A laptop that's fanless? Is that real? Or do they call it fanless because it's very quiet? The wikipedia article for fanless design redirects to quiet which to me suggests some people use the term in this way.

Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by nbzso »

I don't know a lot of users outside specific developers which are not multiplatform and work exclusively with Linux desktops. After an Apple fiasco, I switched the whole office to Manjaro. This lasted several months.

But the offer of long battery, silent and powerful computing device is still in their hands.

Anyway, the reason in the near future will be the AI intrusive implementation on both leading desktop platforms, so Linux will continue to be the choice of privacy conscious.:)

Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by andai »

denimnerd42 wrote: post #18

If I could use gnome at work I would totally switch back to Linux full time. I used gnome 3 for years during HS and college but it was too jarring to switch back and forth once I had to start using Windows full time. The window management muscle memory is just painful.

Just use xfce? My windows and linux setups are basically identical.

In fact since Windows keeps changing things, I usually configure Linux to be more like (old) Windows than Windows is.

Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by capitainenemo »

jmkni wrote: post #3

My problem is just that I've been spoiled by the MacBook air. All of the power I need, fanless, insane battery life, unix shell. I know I can put Asahi on it, but I also know there are still issues around webcam/graphics drivers (I spend a lot of time on video calls) If there was something with the form factor of a MacBook Air I could put Linux on, and it would run as well, I wouldn't look back. The closest is the Fr…

A reddit thread (https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxhardware/comments/150cx0y/arm_...) mentioned the: https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/c/laptops/thinkpad/thinkpadx/ and https://www.robo-kala.com/computer

Not what I'm looking for personally in computing so no idea if either are what you are looking for.

Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by eptcyka »

lkdfjlkdfjlg wrote: post #21
jmkni wrote: post #3

My problem is just that I've been spoiled by the MacBook air. All of the power I need, fanless, insane battery life, unix shell. I know I can put Asahi on it, but I also know there are still issues around webcam/graphics drivers (I spend a lot of time on video calls) If there was something with the form factor of a MacBook Air I could put Linux on, and it would run as well, I wouldn't look back. The closest is the Fr…

A laptop that's fanless? Is that real? Or do they call it fanless because it's very quiet? The wikipedia article for fanless design redirects to quiet which to me suggests some people use the term in this way.

The air makes do with but a heatsink, no fans. After all, the same chip works just fine in fanless iPads.

Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by twiclo »

jmkni wrote: post #3

My problem is just that I've been spoiled by the MacBook air. All of the power I need, fanless, insane battery life, unix shell. I know I can put Asahi on it, but I also know there are still issues around webcam/graphics drivers (I spend a lot of time on video calls) If there was something with the form factor of a MacBook Air I could put Linux on, and it would run as well, I wouldn't look back. The closest is the Fr…

A fan is a weird thing to be hung up on. This sounds like a clear example of moving the goal post. For what it's worth, I've heard my FW 13's fan kick on only a couple of times.

Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by coffeefirst »

lkdfjlkdfjlg wrote: post #21
jmkni wrote: post #3

My problem is just that I've been spoiled by the MacBook air. All of the power I need, fanless, insane battery life, unix shell. I know I can put Asahi on it, but I also know there are still issues around webcam/graphics drivers (I spend a lot of time on video calls) If there was something with the form factor of a MacBook Air I could put Linux on, and it would run as well, I wouldn't look back. The closest is the Fr…

A laptop that's fanless? Is that real? Or do they call it fanless because it's very quiet? The wikipedia article for fanless design redirects to quiet which to me suggests some people use the term in this way.

No there’s really no fan. It can throttle performance if it starts to overheat but I’ve only seen that happen when I was sitting outside.

Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by acidburnNSA »

Big Linux user here. It's been my daily driver on my personal desktop and laptop for coming up on 20 years (damn). I haven't had any of the dreaded graphics-driver-breaking-during-update or other hardware issues since like 2008. It works great with Zoom, Teams, WebEx, whatever you throw at it. It's fast and stable. My laptop uptime regularly hits 30+ days before I go down for an upgrade.

When my 70+ mom needed a new computer, I put Ubuntu on it and turned on unattended upgrades. I do SSH into it every 6 months and update her Zoom .deb manually (I guess there's a ppa for that?). She uses it every day and has had no problem.

I'm really impressed with the Linux experience. Thanks to all who have contributed!

Re: There Has Never Been a Better Time to Switch to Linux

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Post by jmkni »

twiclo wrote: post #26
jmkni wrote: post #3

My problem is just that I've been spoiled by the MacBook air. All of the power I need, fanless, insane battery life, unix shell. I know I can put Asahi on it, but I also know there are still issues around webcam/graphics drivers (I spend a lot of time on video calls) If there was something with the form factor of a MacBook Air I could put Linux on, and it would run as well, I wouldn't look back. The closest is the Fr…

A fan is a weird thing to be hung up on. This sounds like a clear example of moving the goal post. For what it's worth, I've heard my FW 13's fan kick on only a couple of times.

Personally I find it like going from an automatic gearbox back to a manual one
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