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Most use beefy desktops with Linux, and some laptop like a MacBook, Thinkpad, or Chromebook. If you're working on a large project like Chrome or Gmail, anythin
by cromwellian 9y ago
Most use beefy desktops with Linux, and some laptop like a MacBook, Thinkpad, or Chromebook.
If you're working on a large project like Chrome or Gmail, anything less than 64gb of RAM and a giant SSD is a productivity hit, and most Mac desktops aren't price competitive with a beefy Linux workstation.
- igravious 9y agoWhat desktop/workstation manufacturer?
- quicklime 9y agoHP z620
- igravious 9y agoThanking you! http://www8.hp.com/us/en/campaigns/workstations/z620.html http://www8.hp.com/us/en/campaigns/workstations/z620.html
- jlgaddis 9y agoIf you're in the market for a new workstation, HP's business workstations really are good machines (I had a nice one at a previous employer). They are nothing like HP's consumer PCs that most are familiar with.
- wyclif 9y agoWhat would be the most optimal Linux distro to install on a z620, Fedora?
- anonbanker 9y agoGentoo, of course.
- e12e 9y agoDepends what you're optimising for? All rolling releases and recent stable/all testing releases run on roughly the same kernel, generally the same libc, with access to the same (non)free firmware if properly configured...
- jacksmith21006 9y agoAre Google engineers getting Pixelbooks? Then just use Crouton or similar?