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Can you expand upon this please? I'm considering doing the same now but this gives me pause.
by htsh 10y ago
Can you expand upon this please? I'm considering doing the same now but this gives me pause.
- ckdarby 10y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12854293 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12854293 It was a terrible experience across the board, never again. Highly recommend the Zenbook or the Dell XPS for linux distros :). I personally have the Zenbook but I have three friends with the XPS now. There was some complaining on the XPS about the backlight or something?
- anaphor 10y agoI think it has some kind of firmware that manages the backlight, so if you switch between really bright and dark windows a lot (like a browser and terminal) then it changes brightness a lot which is annoying, and there's no way to turn it off. Personally the only thing I've had issues with (on Linux) is the soundcard producing low-level noise because of the CPU going into powersaving mode. It's fixable but I can't remember exactly what I had to do to get it to stop. On the bright side, it does help a lot for the battery life (I get around 8 hours usually). I also have an older system76 laptop and I would definitely recommend the XPS (13 or 15) over it if you want something lightweight with good battery life.
- kentt 10y agoI'd also warn against purchasing system76 Here's some (mostly negative) thoughts on it from last time they came up: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12851080 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12851080