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If you have not purchased already I strongly recommend re-considering and buying a made for Linux laptop. Putting Linux on hardware intended by the OEM of Windo

If you have not purchased already I strongly recommend re-considering and buying a made for Linux laptop. Putting Linux on hardware intended by the OEM of Windows is not always a good idea. I've not tried them yet but my next laptop will come from System76 (unless I see something better before then).

habosa 11y ago
Already ordered. I'll keep Windows in a partition I think, this is just an experiment to see if I can use a non-Mac for the first time in my life.
001spartan 11y ago
Unfortunately, I can't recommend a System76 laptop. I use the Galago UltraPro as a work laptop, and it is not an enjoyable experience at all. The construction is flimsy, and the keyboard is _terrible_. I have never used a worse keyboard on a laptop. I wanted to love it, but I can't recommend it at all.
- eutropia 11y ago
  Wait, did you ever get the replacement keyboard the mailed out for free? I run an ultrapro as well, and they sent me the redesigned keyboard without me saying a thing.
  - 001spartan 11y ago
    This was after they replaced the keyboards. The keyboard is still terrible.
TheCraiggers 11y ago
Almost no laptops are "made for Linux". For example, the last time I looked, System76 just sold rebranded Clevo laptops. So while you might be able to make the argument that System76 does more Linux testing than the likes of HP or Dell, trying to make the claim that System76's laptops are "made for Linux" is incorrect. I'm pretty sure that Clevo's are made for Windows. They do the same thing you or I do before ordering a laptop we intend to throw Linux on: do some research first to find one that is mostly compatible, and then tweak the hell out of it until it mostly works. They just take the extra step of then selling the laptop. However, I can tell you from personal experience that System76 Linux laptops are far from perfect Linux experiences.

habosa 11y ago

Already ordered. I'll keep Windows in a partition I think, this is just an experiment to see if I can use a non-Mac for the first time in my life.

001spartan 11y ago

Unfortunately, I can't recommend a System76 laptop. I use the Galago UltraPro as a work laptop, and it is not an enjoyable experience at all. The construction is flimsy, and the keyboard is _terrible_. I have never used a worse keyboard on a laptop. I wanted to love it, but I can't recommend it at all.

eutropia 11y ago
Wait, did you ever get the replacement keyboard the mailed out for free? I run an ultrapro as well, and they sent me the redesigned keyboard without me saying a thing.
- 001spartan 11y ago
  This was after they replaced the keyboards. The keyboard is still terrible.

TheCraiggers 11y ago

Almost no laptops are "made for Linux". For example, the last time I looked, System76 just sold rebranded Clevo laptops. So while you might be able to make the argument that System76 does more Linux testing than the likes of HP or Dell, trying to make the claim that System76's laptops are "made for Linux" is incorrect. I'm pretty sure that Clevo's are made for Windows. They do the same thing you or I do before ordering a laptop we intend to throw Linux on: do some research first to find one that is mostly compatible, and then tweak the hell out of it until it mostly works. They just take the extra step of then selling the laptop. However, I can tell you from personal experience that System76 Linux laptops are far from perfect Linux experiences.