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My 2 year old Dell XPS 13, which I'm typing this on is running Arch & i3-gaps. I've never had a better more productive setup. I had a MacBook Pro (2012) before,
by ageofwant 8y ago
My 2 year old Dell XPS 13, which I'm typing this on is running Arch & i3-gaps. I've never had a better more productive setup. I had a MacBook Pro (2012) before, wife has a MBP 2015. I used Ubuntu as dev environment for ~10 years before the move to Arch 2 years ago. Nothing wrong with Ubuntu, but I really enjoy Arch's 'crispness'. Either way, you can't go wrong with either. It astounds me that anyone can be productive in other environments, not that I have tried myself, I just can't see the point.
Having said that, I have recently started collecting cheap as chips (AU$120-AU$ 300) Lenovo Thinkpads, X220, X230 etc. It continues to amaze me how excellent a dev env a 7 year old laptop running Arch and i3 is. Buy a bunch of ebay and have a play.