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If anyone from System76 is reading this thread, I just want you to know that the Oryx Pro is my endgame -- I plan to buy it ASAP replace my desktop and laptop

If anyone from System76 is reading this thread, I just want you to know that the Oryx Pro is my endgame -- I plan to buy it ASAP replace my desktop and laptop as soon as I can get my hands on one. I am a stan of your business.

faissaloo 8y ago
I have one and it's an abdolute beast.
- hardwaresofton 8y ago
  Could you comment on the amount of sound it makes/how notable it is? Maybe with a decibel meter app or something?
  - B1FF_PSUVM 8y ago
    I found a review here: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/review-system76-oryx-pro https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/review-system76-oryx-pr... No mention of machine noise, just that the speakers were not impressive.
  - faissaloo 8y ago
    It varies alot, it's noticably loud when the GPU is enabled, when I'm on integrated graphics it's usually not noticable.
merb 8y ago
well i would prefer some docking stations instead of what they offer. (and a usb-c loading cable)
- hardwaresofton 8y ago
  I hear this, but honestly the fact that they have enough graphical power and the ports to power two monitors is enough to put the oryx pro in a category of it's own. I looked around for a bit and no other company had the combination of ports, dual monitor support, OS alignment, ridiculously powerful specs, and price (even if it's kinda high). The only thing that could possibly put me off is reliability or maybe weight/bulkiness, but it's almost an ultrabook form factor.
  - mark_l_watson 8y ago
    I am also thinking of getting one as a machine learning laptop. The 1070 8G GPU memory is very adequate. The reliability from a small company is a concern of mine also, so I intend to purchase the 3 year warranty - a first for me, I have never bought an extended product warranty before. The specs do look amazing.
    - hardwaresofton 8y ago
      While you could get one for machine learning... If you're buying an additional computer just for that I'm not sure a laptop is the most cost effective choice, though this laptop in particular seems like it could handle that just fine. Running GPU intensive machine learning seems like a really good way to find out about reliability issues before anyone else... Make sure it's covered under warranty, I don't know if you can argue that it's normal wear and tear (though I guess it might be identical to someone playing Crysis for hours and hours). Again, I think the Oryx Pro would be able to handle it, but the use case seems just a tad wrong... Unless of course you routinely do your machine learning on the go.
      - mark_l_watson 8y ago
        Thanks for the comments. I have been buying GPU compute from Hetzner, GCP, and AWS. I am comfortable working in SSH shells and running aJupyter server on rented compute, but there is a lot of convenience of just using a local computer. I really don’t want to be encumbered by a desktop computer, so a sem-portable laptop with a GPU makes sense to me.
        hardwaresofton 8y ago
        In that case absolutely carry on! I didn't want to sound prescriptive since I'm not familiar with wear patterns of GPU-heavy calculations (it's entirely possible that they're built well enough to just run pegged at 100% for a very long time), and I also don't know much about GFX card durability for a card like the 1070 -- I thought it might be a pain to try and replace, with how tight the form factor must be. iFixit doesn't have anything on the Oryx Pro yet[0] so... I also didn't know Hetzner sold GPU compute! Is it a package or are you going to market and searching "gpu"? [0]: https://www.ifixit.com/Device/System76_Laptop https://www.ifixit.com/Device/System76_Laptop
eadmund 8y ago
How well does it run non-Ubuntu distros? I only run Debian these days — been burnt too many times by Ubuntu.
- hardwaresofton 8y ago
  I don't know because I haven't bought one, but I do know they run their own distro called Pop_OS[0] which is improved ubuntu (with likely impeccable support for their hardware). That in-and-of-itself is a pretty impressive investment to me, but I would probably take it off and put arch on it. Honestly I am not too worried, it seems like I can actually call them for support/file bugs/ask for technical help if I actually came across an issue -- surely someone over there knows something if they want to maintain their own distro. [0]: https://system76.com/pop https://system76.com/pop
  - m52go 8y ago
    I've been running Pop for about 6 months now and it's been fantastic. It's the first Linux distro that I've been able to run full-time, after trying the main Ubuntu distro for 6+ years with VMs and dual-booting. Beyond its stability and compatibility with Nvidia hardware, its design is pretty and touch-friendly.
    - aurailious 8y ago
      The good to hear. I was kind of skeptical at first of it, and the name doesn't really help. But I liked their stated goals for it.
    - tracker1 8y ago
      Thanks for the comments on this, I'm generally skeptical with these things... my only linux desktop is currently running Elementary, which I've liked a lot, but nice hardware support will be great. Still running a late 2014 (iirc) rMBP for my laptop, may swap out late next year or the year after. I'm tired of the stuff Apple pulls, so would be nice to see a good/supported linux distro for hardware. I've been bitten too many times trying to maintain Linux on a primary desktop/laptop (hackintosh has been easier for me).

faissaloo 8y ago

I have one and it's an abdolute beast.

hardwaresofton 8y ago
Could you comment on the amount of sound it makes/how notable it is? Maybe with a decibel meter app or something?
- B1FF_PSUVM 8y ago
  I found a review here: https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/review-system76-oryx-pro https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/review-system76-oryx-pr... No mention of machine noise, just that the speakers were not impressive.
- faissaloo 8y ago
  It varies alot, it's noticably loud when the GPU is enabled, when I'm on integrated graphics it's usually not noticable.

merb 8y ago

well i would prefer some docking stations instead of what they offer. (and a usb-c loading cable)

hardwaresofton 8y ago
I hear this, but honestly the fact that they have enough graphical power and the ports to power two monitors is enough to put the oryx pro in a category of it's own. I looked around for a bit and no other company had the combination of ports, dual monitor support, OS alignment, ridiculously powerful specs, and price (even if it's kinda high). The only thing that could possibly put me off is reliability or maybe weight/bulkiness, but it's almost an ultrabook form factor.
- mark_l_watson 8y ago
  I am also thinking of getting one as a machine learning laptop. The 1070 8G GPU memory is very adequate. The reliability from a small company is a concern of mine also, so I intend to purchase the 3 year warranty - a first for me, I have never bought an extended product warranty before. The specs do look amazing.
  - hardwaresofton 8y ago
    While you could get one for machine learning... If you're buying an additional computer just for that I'm not sure a laptop is the most cost effective choice, though this laptop in particular seems like it could handle that just fine. Running GPU intensive machine learning seems like a really good way to find out about reliability issues before anyone else... Make sure it's covered under warranty, I don't know if you can argue that it's normal wear and tear (though I guess it might be identical to someone playing Crysis for hours and hours). Again, I think the Oryx Pro would be able to handle it, but the use case seems just a tad wrong... Unless of course you routinely do your machine learning on the go.
    - mark_l_watson 8y ago
      Thanks for the comments. I have been buying GPU compute from Hetzner, GCP, and AWS. I am comfortable working in SSH shells and running aJupyter server on rented compute, but there is a lot of convenience of just using a local computer. I really don’t want to be encumbered by a desktop computer, so a sem-portable laptop with a GPU makes sense to me.
      - hardwaresofton 8y ago
        In that case absolutely carry on! I didn't want to sound prescriptive since I'm not familiar with wear patterns of GPU-heavy calculations (it's entirely possible that they're built well enough to just run pegged at 100% for a very long time), and I also don't know much about GFX card durability for a card like the 1070 -- I thought it might be a pain to try and replace, with how tight the form factor must be. iFixit doesn't have anything on the Oryx Pro yet[0] so... I also didn't know Hetzner sold GPU compute! Is it a package or are you going to market and searching "gpu"? [0]: https://www.ifixit.com/Device/System76_Laptop https://www.ifixit.com/Device/System76_Laptop

eadmund 8y ago

How well does it run non-Ubuntu distros? I only run Debian these days — been burnt too many times by Ubuntu.

hardwaresofton 8y ago
I don't know because I haven't bought one, but I do know they run their own distro called Pop_OS[0] which is improved ubuntu (with likely impeccable support for their hardware). That in-and-of-itself is a pretty impressive investment to me, but I would probably take it off and put arch on it. Honestly I am not too worried, it seems like I can actually call them for support/file bugs/ask for technical help if I actually came across an issue -- surely someone over there knows something if they want to maintain their own distro. [0]: https://system76.com/pop https://system76.com/pop
- m52go 8y ago
  I've been running Pop for about 6 months now and it's been fantastic. It's the first Linux distro that I've been able to run full-time, after trying the main Ubuntu distro for 6+ years with VMs and dual-booting. Beyond its stability and compatibility with Nvidia hardware, its design is pretty and touch-friendly.
  - aurailious 8y ago
    The good to hear. I was kind of skeptical at first of it, and the name doesn't really help. But I liked their stated goals for it.
  - tracker1 8y ago
    Thanks for the comments on this, I'm generally skeptical with these things... my only linux desktop is currently running Elementary, which I've liked a lot, but nice hardware support will be great. Still running a late 2014 (iirc) rMBP for my laptop, may swap out late next year or the year after. I'm tired of the stuff Apple pulls, so would be nice to see a good/supported linux distro for hardware. I've been bitten too many times trying to maintain Linux on a primary desktop/laptop (hackintosh has been easier for me).