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> And the hardware needs to be good. So I am about to start a new job, and the new workplace was about to send a new Macbook Pro out to me, which I didn't want
by dastx 6y ago
> And the hardware needs to be good.
So I am about to start a new job, and the new workplace was about to send a new Macbook Pro out to me, which I didn't want. So I went to do some research for a laptop with any Linux distro preinstalled so that I could go back to them and tell them I'd rather have this.
I found out that there is no decent laptop with Linux preinstalled. System76 has some decent systems, but they didn't come close to what the likes of Dell and Lenovo offer with Windows. For now System76 seems to show most potential in this area though, so it will be interesting to see what they do going forward.
- commoner 6y agoDell's developer edition laptops have Ubuntu preinstalled and are well-received: https://www.dell.com/linux https://www.dell.com/linux Lenovo's upcoming ThinkPad laptops include some models with preinstalled Fedora as an option: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22968280 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22968280
- dastx 6y agoThe Dell XPS developer edition is a great little laptop, however, my issue with it was that it only came in 13" size. My ex-collegue had one and played around with it for a bit, it was great except for the screen size. The announcement regarding Lenovo's upcoming ThinkPad laptops coming with Fedora pre-installed came a literally 1 or 2 days after I'd already ordered the P1 Gen 2, which according to Canonical is certified[0] to run Linux correctly, and it's the reason I went for that. Regardless, the next generation would have left me without a laptop for the job. [0] https://certification.ubuntu.com/hardware/201908-27280 https://certification.ubuntu.com/hardware/201908-27280