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Do you mind sharing what you moved to? I’m curious about the hardware you chose and the build quality.
by tornquist 7y ago
Do you mind sharing what you moved to? I’m curious about the hardware you chose and the build quality.
- marcus_holmes 7y agoI went with: https://puri.sm/products/librem-13/ https://puri.sm/products/librem-13/ it looks lovely (pure matte black with no branding gets my vote every time). The OS is a standard Debian derivative, so no surprises there, and I have the option of replacing it if I want to (haven't yet). Build quality hasn't been fantastic to be honest - I had to return the first one because of a faulty monitor connection (but to be fair I had exactly the same problem with my 2015 MacBook too), and the replacement has a problem with its space bar. But the great thing is that I can unscrew the back with a normal screwdriver and have full access to the internals so if I get really bothered by it I can replace/upgrade/fix any of it. Purism support was great, and they encouraged me to take the back off and see if I could spot the problems, which really blew my mind after Apple support. I've been using it for most of a year (writing this on it) and it's been a great experience. The article's view that "I'm no longer reliant on hardware" is true, though I haven't (yet) gone the next step of picking a different window manager and storing the setup for it in a git repo. It's on my to-do list though ;)