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System76's Lemur Pro Laptop Is Just a Nice Linux Laptop

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Re: System76's Lemur Pro Laptop Is Just a Nice Linux Laptop

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Post by A4ET8a8uTh0 »

redundantly wrote: post #19
minzi wrote: post #12

In my opinion, if you have the money, a Razer or Asus laptop is the highest quality machine that you can get to run Linux. Of course there is also Framework, but those are not as well built in my opinion. Personally, I have the new Blade 14 and it is great. Large trackpad, 16:10, 6 hours of battery life (pretty good for linux) and an RTX 4070. That said, it is absurdly expensive.

In my experience both ASUS and Razer are terrible brands. Poor support. Poor build qualities. Getting drivers for Razer is like pulling teeth, especially for previous gen hardware. Keyboard lighting controls for Razer requiring cloud connected software. Hard pass on both for me.

ASUS used to be my goto for quality on some items long time ago, but it has changed drastically in recent years. Sadly, it is just a reminder that one should not rely on brand recognition. Things change. Do research. Talk to people.

Re: System76's Lemur Pro Laptop Is Just a Nice Linux Laptop

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Post by ben7799 »

Last time I tried a System 76 laptop it was great when I was plugged in at my desk doing dev work. Better than a Macbook Pro.

But when I had to unplug it in the office to go to a meeting it was just terrible... support for plugging/unplugging external monitors/docks was atrocious, I had wifi issues, and doing something like a Zoom meeting (Webex at the time) would reduce it's battery life to 1 hour or less. Stuff just got messed up using it as a laptop that was getting used at the desk and then not at the desk.

That was quite some time ago, I hope the software has gotten better. I stopped using it cause I was messing with linux too much instead of doing my work. That was depressing, cause it was kind of the same story as every time I've tried to use linux on the desktop back to the 90s.

Re: System76's Lemur Pro Laptop Is Just a Nice Linux Laptop

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Post by [deleted] »

pimterry wrote: post #40

Why on earth have they shipped with a USB-C that you can charge from _and_ a barrel charging connector? Article says exactly the same power delivery on both. Anybody know what's going on there? Why not drop the barrel and put something else there (like another USB)? Seems bizarre.

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Re: System76's Lemur Pro Laptop Is Just a Nice Linux Laptop

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Post by tech_ken »

camjohnson26 wrote: post #9

It’s a nice computer but calling it “repairable” is a farce, and System76’s customer support is unfortunately woefully inadequate. I have one of these and spilled a drink on my keyboard, getting it replaced was $300 of parts and labor, but the worst thing was it took almost 2 months pressuring their support reps to actually complete the process and they would frequently just not respond to messages, or ignore informa…

I've replaced the battery once and the wifi card twice, the second time in SFO at a cafe table with some random screwdriver I stole from the office. The internal layout is SO easy to open up and put back together, and all the parts and instructions for repair are posted on their website (and are super easy to navigate!). Idk why you would say "farce" but that seems extremely strong. I guess it's kind of inconvenient that they didn't fix the laptop you broke in a timespan you liked, but that's got nothing to do with the thing's "repairability".

Re: System76's Lemur Pro Laptop Is Just a Nice Linux Laptop

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Post by leeman2016 »

minzi wrote: post #12

In my opinion, if you have the money, a Razer or Asus laptop is the highest quality machine that you can get to run Linux. Of course there is also Framework, but those are not as well built in my opinion. Personally, I have the new Blade 14 and it is great. Large trackpad, 16:10, 6 hours of battery life (pretty good for linux) and an RTX 4070. That said, it is absurdly expensive.

Personally, I find ThinkPads and any of the Dell laptops without discrete graphics cards, reliable for Linux.

Re: System76's Lemur Pro Laptop Is Just a Nice Linux Laptop

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Post by canadianwriter »

pimterry wrote: post #40

Why on earth have they shipped with a USB-C that you can charge from _and_ a barrel charging connector? Article says exactly the same power delivery on both. Anybody know what's going on there? Why not drop the barrel and put something else there (like another USB)? Seems bizarre.

If you use the barrel jack you now have an extra USB port you can use for stuff!

If you forget your barrel jack connector you can borrow a USB charger and it'll work!

Win-win!

Re: System76's Lemur Pro Laptop Is Just a Nice Linux Laptop

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Post by prmoustache »

discmonkey wrote: post #31

Figure I might as well drop a quick review after 2 years with the lemur pro 11 Pros: * Most things "just work", which you only appreciate after working with other linux laptops. For example, I can seamlessly plug this laptop in place of my work macbook with just one usb-c cable. That being said I think things have generally gotten better in the space so this may not be as much of a selling point anymore. Additionally…

> Most things "just work", which you only appreciate after working with other linux laptops. For example, I can seamlessly plug this laptop in place of my work macbook with just one usb-c cable.

I think any laptop sold in the last 4 or 5 years or so is plugged and charged with an usb-c cable and can be docked that way.

Re: System76's Lemur Pro Laptop Is Just a Nice Linux Laptop

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Post by vel0city »

noobermin wrote: post #43

I'm team barrel connector after having broken many usb-c ports. That's a plus not a minus.

I'm team usb-c after having broken many barrel connector ports. That's a plus not a minus.

I'm also team usb-c because it is extremely nice having one charger that can charge any of my devices instead of needing a charger for my laptop, a charger for my phone, a charger for my tablet, on and on

Re: System76's Lemur Pro Laptop Is Just a Nice Linux Laptop

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Post by gizzlon »

discmonkey wrote: post #31

Figure I might as well drop a quick review after 2 years with the lemur pro 11 Pros: * Most things "just work", which you only appreciate after working with other linux laptops. For example, I can seamlessly plug this laptop in place of my work macbook with just one usb-c cable. That being said I think things have generally gotten better in the space so this may not be as much of a selling point anymore. Additionally…

Agree with your pros, but not your cons. Mine is a bit newer, so it might be a bit different (?).

Feel the trackpad and screens are totally fine. (Although low res for the 13' version).

Very happy with mine, specially how small and light it is. This is my 3rd "ultra portable", and it might be the lightest one yet.

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