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> My next laptop will probably not be a mac. What will it be? To be fair, I am not a fan of Macs but I haven't seen any good GNU/Linux laptops which have prope
by ashishb 8y ago
> My next laptop will probably not be a mac.
What will it be?
To be fair, I am not a fan of Macs but I haven't seen any good GNU/Linux laptops which have proper Wi-Fi, sleep, and battery usage out of the box. Do you have any recommendations?
- EdwardDiego 8y agoI'm quite enjoying my System 76 laptop, have you looked at their offerings? https://system76.com/laptops https://system76.com/laptops
- ashishb 8y agoI have purchased and returned one before. I admire them but when I tried a few years, the hardware quality as well as battery life was not up to the mark.
- some_account 8y agoNot sure what you mean here... You just install Linux on them and usually things work fine. Maybe your fingerprint scanner won't work, stuff like that, but otherwise it's rare to have issues.
- ashishb 8y ago> Maybe your fingerprint scanner won't work, stuff like that, but otherwise it's rare to have issues. reply Exactly. These things add up. Fingerprint scanner won't work, battery life goes down. Occasionally, the device won't come out of sleep. I have used self-managed GNU/Linux on my laptop before and these issues bother you unless GNU/Linux development is your main job.
- willtim 8y agoPick your distribution wisely. I have no issues with Linux wake-from-sleep or battery life on a ThinkPad, in fact my wife has more issues with her MacBookPro!
- prolikewh0a 8y agoXPS 13 works fully out of the box with Linux as Dell has all of the drivers ported because they sell the XPS 13 developer edition with Ubuntu. Best laptop I've ever owned. Starting to roll them out at work too as Linux machines replacing new Macbook Pro's.
- paulie_a 8y agoI agree the XPS 13 is far superior to any MBP I've attempted to use. I've previously hated clickpads on every device, including the crappy Mac one. The XPS is awesome in that regard.