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Post by ElectronCharge »

pbz wrote: post #151

If they're reading this, here's my wishlist: 1) 15.6 inch laptop (14 is too small, especially with those bezels). 2) As thin of a bezel as possible (see XPS) 3) Camera on top! I don't want to show my fingers in conference calls. This may force the bezels to be larger on top, that's fine. (Pop-out camera?) 4) Offer the highest quality display from a color reproduction point of view, not the refresh rate. This is NOT a…

That is a better wishlist for System76. I really like the Oryx Pro idea, but it would be better with several of your items, starting with thinner bezels.

https://system76.com/laptops/oryx

My number one mod for a new Oryx Pro model would be to get rid of the numeric keypad, center the keypad and trackpad, and add really good speakers on each side.

I'm not too sensitive to weight, I'd buy one of the 17" models in a heartbeat...with a 1070.

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Post by Hydraulix989 »

philliphaydon wrote: post #199
acabal wrote: post #113

I've been using a Razer Blade 2015 as an Ubuntu-only computer for several years now, and I've recommended it on HN in the past. It's been a great machine, and Linux works surprisingly well. (Of course that means that there are some minor problems, but "surprisingly well" is high praise in the world of Linux on laptops.) Lots of people here complaining about build quality issues, but mine has been completely solid. Th…

What is battery life like for you? I tried Ubuntu on an Asus laptop 4 years ago. Windows would get ~7 hours, while Ubuntu barely managed to get 3 hours. I love using it on desktop, but it sucks (sucked) on laptop when I used it.

Try using tlp and powertop to diagnose the issue (your CPU might not be entering low power C states -- a common problem with older kernels that don't support the latest Intel CPU architectures), so also upgrade your kernel.

Linux has consistently gotten 1.5x as much runtime on battery for me as Windows.

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Post by thoughtpalette »

AstralStorm wrote: post #224
thoughtpalette wrote: post #107

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I definitely do not think adding an archaic input to a gaming focused laptop is a killer feature, nor should it be configurable, at least on this brand.

Hey, the pointing stick is an excellent input device. They are used in joysticks and gamepads all the time - hat switch and analog controller are essentially the same thing with slightly different implementation. It works much better for many kinds of games actually than a touchpad. Heck, I'd take two or four of these in a gaming laptop, you'd essentially have a gamepad included with a real keyboard.

As a huge gamer, yea, that type of input makes sense _on a controller_ type form. In the middle of a keyboard doesn't make sense _on a gaming_ focused machine.

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Post by lj3 »

projektir wrote: post #105

I got a 2016 Blade recently and installed Arch Linux on it. The only thing I found problematic so far was Nvidia Optimus, which seems a general issue.

A few days late here, but Nvidia Optimus is a general issue on all platforms, including windows. I raved for years about linux graphics support being crap, to the general amazement of the rest of the linux community. When I switched to windows, I found I had the same problems I did on linux. Oops.

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Post by inferiorhuman »

vetinari wrote: post #206
inferiorhuman wrote: post #205

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Docker is an extreme example. Of course things relying on Linux-only kernel features are unlikely to run natively. You'll find plenty of compiled stuff on OSX (wkhtmltopdf, freeciv, postgres, inkscape, clojure, etc., etc.).

I know, I run postgis+mapnik on OSX. It is quite PITA to build, postgres clients usually link against wrong (system-supplied & ancient) libpq[1], everything links against wrong (system-supplied & ancient) zlib, half the things link against wrong (system-supplied & ancient; see the pattern?) sqlite, etc. Yes, it is problem with the build scripts, but I don't have an ambition to fix all the packages, and Linux packages…

So use a package manager like homebrew?

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Post by kasabali »

vetinari wrote: post #206
inferiorhuman wrote: post #205

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Docker is an extreme example. Of course things relying on Linux-only kernel features are unlikely to run natively. You'll find plenty of compiled stuff on OSX (wkhtmltopdf, freeciv, postgres, inkscape, clojure, etc., etc.).

I know, I run postgis+mapnik on OSX. It is quite PITA to build, postgres clients usually link against wrong (system-supplied & ancient) libpq[1], everything links against wrong (system-supplied & ancient) zlib, half the things link against wrong (system-supplied & ancient; see the pattern?) sqlite, etc. Yes, it is problem with the build scripts, but I don't have an ambition to fix all the packages, and Linux packages…

https://pkgsrc.joyent.com/
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