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I use Linux exclusively I currently have an Asus Zenbook, one of the higher end ones with a touchscreen. I like it in general, but the touchscreen has a lot of

I use Linux exclusively I currently have an Asus Zenbook, one of the higher end ones with a touchscreen. I like it in general, but the touchscreen has a lot of glare. Additionally, the one I got my mom (a lower-end one) has an unhinged screen now, and I've been concerned with the screen's seating ever since. My next one will be a Dell XPS 13. I've seen two of my colleagues use it and it looks fantastic.

cozzyd 9y ago
I've been using Zenbook UX305ua (with Fedora) for the last year and a half with a matte screen and I pretty happy with it, although some recent kernels have had some issues now fixed). No USB-C and micro-HDMI is annoying (since you need a dongle), but otherwise it works well.
- scrollaway 9y ago
  Ah yeah, USB-C... I've given up looking for non-macbook laptops with those until the next time I'm getting a laptop, which hopefully won't be for another 1-2 years.
- BlackLotus89 9y ago
  The frigging ux305ua! Oh hell no I know what issue you are talking about since I had to bisect the kernel to find it. The bios had non standard vbt handling (to put it mildly) and the newer implementatiin which didn't have defaults set and relied on the hardware simply stopped booting. Also the keyboard backlight needed dsdt fixed or acpi parameter to work correctly and the touchpad kinda worked randomly (the keys). It was a great big hack to get everything working and even thought it's a light kinda nice looking laptop I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Additional disclaimer: everything seems to work fine with the newest kernel revision
  - cozzyd 9y ago
    Oh... well thanks for doing that! It was a minor inconvenience for me running with an older kernel for a bit. My keyboard doesn't have lighted keys and I've never had any issues with the touchpad, so I guess there must be some variance in those parts...
121789 9y ago
I went from an X1 carbon to an XPS 13 to a 2015 MBP. I really wanted to love the XPS. It was a beautiful machine. Unfortunately I hated the keyboard, my touchpad was extremely buggy, the webcam placement was horrid, and I'm not a fan of the lack of ports. Our company stopped offering them as an option (and switched to the similar HP model) because there were so many complaints. The X1 was really great, though.

cozzyd 9y ago

I've been using Zenbook UX305ua (with Fedora) for the last year and a half with a matte screen and I pretty happy with it, although some recent kernels have had some issues now fixed). No USB-C and micro-HDMI is annoying (since you need a dongle), but otherwise it works well.

scrollaway 9y ago
Ah yeah, USB-C... I've given up looking for non-macbook laptops with those until the next time I'm getting a laptop, which hopefully won't be for another 1-2 years.
BlackLotus89 9y ago
The frigging ux305ua! Oh hell no I know what issue you are talking about since I had to bisect the kernel to find it. The bios had non standard vbt handling (to put it mildly) and the newer implementatiin which didn't have defaults set and relied on the hardware simply stopped booting. Also the keyboard backlight needed dsdt fixed or acpi parameter to work correctly and the touchpad kinda worked randomly (the keys). It was a great big hack to get everything working and even thought it's a light kinda nice looking laptop I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. Additional disclaimer: everything seems to work fine with the newest kernel revision
- cozzyd 9y ago
  Oh... well thanks for doing that! It was a minor inconvenience for me running with an older kernel for a bit. My keyboard doesn't have lighted keys and I've never had any issues with the touchpad, so I guess there must be some variance in those parts...

121789 9y ago

I went from an X1 carbon to an XPS 13 to a 2015 MBP. I really wanted to love the XPS. It was a beautiful machine. Unfortunately I hated the keyboard, my touchpad was extremely buggy, the webcam placement was horrid, and I'm not a fan of the lack of ports. Our company stopped offering them as an option (and switched to the similar HP model) because there were so many complaints. The X1 was really great, though.