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It sounds like linux breaks, but you know what happens when "stuff on windows breaks"? Well, it's the same: you'll have to fix it. Ubuntu LTS is really hard to

by usernam 10y ago

It sounds like linux breaks, but you know what happens when "stuff on windows breaks"? Well, it's the same: you'll have to fix it. Ubuntu LTS is really hard to break unless you're constantly screwing around. The same happens on windows. Don't complain about community-supported distros. Buy a commercially supported distribution with long term releases, and you're set.

driverdan 10y ago
Linux still doesn't work well on a lot of laptop hardware.
- r3bl 10y ago
  What do you mean by "doesn't work well on a lot of laptop hardware"? I'm using Lenovo Yoga 510, not Ubuntu-certified, two-in-one device with a touchscreen and a dedicated graphics card. Sure, there's no such thing as a tablet mode in any of the Linux distributions at the moment, but it works. WiFi works. Touchscreen works. Open source graphics driver works. Battery usage has no noticeable difference compared to Windows. In my three or four years of running Ubuntu-based distributions, I'm yet to find a single laptop where WiFi / sound card / touch screen or any other piece of laptop hardware that doesn't work.
  - driverdan 10y ago
    There are still sleep / hibernation issues and excessive power use. Plus as you said, tablet mode doesn't work.
- usernam 10y ago
  I'm only using linux, and any company-provided laptop I've been using after 2010, at least a different one every year, was working without any driver issue. This included various models of HP, Dell and Lenovo. I'm currently on a brand new Lenovo Yoga X1, again with absolutely no issue whatsoever.
- hedora 10y ago
  Does anyone have experience with Linux certified laptops? I was looking at a Linux-friendly ultrabook at the Microsoft store, and the win 10 trackpad drivers did not support scrolling on the display model. facepalm I guess my question is whether windows laptops are actually less troublesome than preloaded/known-good linux laptops, in practice.
- LinuxFreedom 10y ago
  This is false. The opposite is true - Linux runs on many, many laptops without any problems.
- Mikeb85 10y ago
  But it also works perfectly on a lot of laptop hardware.

by usernam 10y ago

driverdan 10y ago

Linux still doesn't work well on a lot of laptop hardware.

r3bl 10y ago
What do you mean by "doesn't work well on a lot of laptop hardware"? I'm using Lenovo Yoga 510, not Ubuntu-certified, two-in-one device with a touchscreen and a dedicated graphics card. Sure, there's no such thing as a tablet mode in any of the Linux distributions at the moment, but it works. WiFi works. Touchscreen works. Open source graphics driver works. Battery usage has no noticeable difference compared to Windows. In my three or four years of running Ubuntu-based distributions, I'm yet to find a single laptop where WiFi / sound card / touch screen or any other piece of laptop hardware that doesn't work.
- driverdan 10y ago
  There are still sleep / hibernation issues and excessive power use. Plus as you said, tablet mode doesn't work.
usernam 10y ago
I'm only using linux, and any company-provided laptop I've been using after 2010, at least a different one every year, was working without any driver issue. This included various models of HP, Dell and Lenovo. I'm currently on a brand new Lenovo Yoga X1, again with absolutely no issue whatsoever.
hedora 10y ago
Does anyone have experience with Linux certified laptops? I was looking at a Linux-friendly ultrabook at the Microsoft store, and the win 10 trackpad drivers did not support scrolling on the display model. facepalm I guess my question is whether windows laptops are actually less troublesome than preloaded/known-good linux laptops, in practice.
LinuxFreedom 10y ago
This is false. The opposite is true - Linux runs on many, many laptops without any problems.
Mikeb85 10y ago
But it also works perfectly on a lot of laptop hardware.