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> It has been nearly a decade since I last ran Linux on my desktop (I think I might have been Ubuntu 6.06 actually), and this exactly sounds like my experience.
by antod 11y ago
> It has been nearly a decade since I last ran Linux on my desktop (I think I might have been Ubuntu 6.06 actually), and this exactly sounds like my experience.
I know it's hard to believe but things have changed a huge amount for the better in 10yrs.
My current Thinkpad has no driver/hardware issues at all. Suspend/resume is solid, auto updating of display changes on the fly works fine etc - it works better than a lot of Windows laptops I've owned or borrowed over the years.
> For the true die-hards, at what point does your ideology of rejecting a proprietary OS become counter-productive to actually getting work done?
So you're using your stale decade old experience to presume the ideological "die-hards" can't get any work done?
- hiram112 11y agoCan you recommend a decent, used thinkpad I7 model, not too heavy, available on outlet or EBay for $700 or so? Or would a Dell XPS be a better choice?
- antod 11y agoI don't know enough about the Dells to comment sorry. My current is an i5 T530 with a FHD display and 3rd party RAM/SSD upgrades. Works solidly with Ubuntu - the only time it boots are after I finally get around to installing kernel updates. It flawlessly suspends and resumes in between times. The 15" models might be too heavy for you - mine spends most of it time docked with a 27" monitor. I didn't need much portability.