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Like 80% of the issue go away if you buy a machine with linux preinstalled. All the hardware issues are solved, all things just work. And there choice too: Dell
by vkazanov 6y ago
Like 80% of the issue go away if you buy a machine with linux preinstalled. All the hardware issues are solved, all things just work. And there choice too: Dell, tuxedo, system76 and others
I have bought like 4 Dell xps 13 developer edition machines so far, never had any problems.
Why do ppl expect software to work on random crap windows-only machines?! There problems that can only be solved by vendor good will.
At least do you homework and check if your favourite distro supports the hardware you buy. Arch has a wonderful hardware-related wiki, ubuntu certifies machines, etc...
- pjmlp 6y agoIt kind of helps until you get a Linux update and a perfectly working driver gets replaced by some WIP alternative in name of FOSS. Had that experience with an Asus laptop sold with Ubuntu LTS.
- vetinari 6y agoThat's the risk when the perfectly working driver is binary only and the original vendor has just thrown it over the wall, with no intent of maintenance. Speaking of ASUS, I've yet to buy something from them that doesn't have some quirk. The last thing I bought from them, a GPU, had never updated it's firmware, despite AMD releasing it to OEMs and other OEMs releasing it to their customers. Unlike your laptop, my GPU at works with the FOSS driver, its just limited while UEFI is running.