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To be honest, I'm perhaps a bit 'special' but my linux workstation is i7 5930k (6 cores, 12 threads) overclocked to 4.5Ghz, with 64GB of ram, and 2 BenQ 32" 4K
by buserror 11y ago
To be honest, I'm perhaps a bit 'special' but my linux workstation is i7 5930k (6 cores, 12 threads) overclocked to 4.5Ghz, with 64GB of ram, and 2 BenQ 32" 4K screen. I'm reasonably sure I can find something that big as a laptop!
Laptops are also massively more expensive than an equivalent desktop, while /most people/ never move their laptop anyway.. I never really understood that. In fact, that big system's entire hardware is very likely considerably cheaper than a 'developer laptop'.
Personally, I use a crummy laptop if needs be, and I remote into the big workstation from wherever I am (I use x2go a lot).
- eecks 11y agoSources proving most people never move their laptop?
- emilburzo 11y ago> Personally, I use a crummy laptop if needs be, and I remote into the big workstation from wherever I am (I use x2go a lot). How does it handle having a massive resolution on the remote side, and a way smaller resolution locally?
- buserror 11y agox2go can make you two types of sessions 1) the 'local screen' one that will have that resolution problem and 2) a 'detached' one that will be the size you like, for example fullscreen laptop sized. The 'detached' kind are quite a bit faster somehow, so I use that, and often re-connect to it from the local screen in a window when I get back to the desk. It's surprisingly practical, as my 'detached' session usually have a different window layout, tools etc.