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I've never really had much trouble running linux on notebooks. It makes no difference, a notebook is just a slow desktop with a built-in UPS. So the year of the
by thescriptkiddie 11y ago
I've never really had much trouble running linux on notebooks. It makes no difference, a notebook is just a slow desktop with a built-in UPS. So the year of the linux desktop was probably sometime around 2004, when driver support got good enough for most hardware. Earlier if you didn't care about working video drivers.
But have desktops really been eclipsed by notebooks outside of my little bubble? I don't know very many people who even own a notebook, and I personally only have one for work.
- Scarblac 11y agoAlmost everybody I know has and uses a desktop computer at home, but I don't think I know anybody who has bought a new one in the last five years or so.
- quanticle 11y agoA notebook is just a slow desktop with a built-in UPS, more arcane chipset, proprietary power management systems, and proprietary wifi chipsets. Yes, it's been possible for quite some time to install Linux on laptops. But to actually use a laptop with Linux on it, things like power management need to work out of the box without lots of configuration by the end user. Linux support for ACPI has only very recently become solid to the point that I don't need to worry about it. And as far as notebook ownership eclipsing desktop ownership, notebook sales eclipsed desktops long ago, around 2004. For most people, unless they're PC gamers, notebooks have offered sufficient computing power for more than a decade.