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Next laptop for me is going to be from a company that explicitly supports linux. Probably dell or lenovo. A lot of people like to rag on Ubuntu. I agree with

by jrib 6y ago

Next laptop for me is going to be from a company that explicitly supports linux. Probably dell or lenovo. A lot of people like to rag on Ubuntu. I agree with some of the criticisms. But the one thing they have done right is broker partnerships with hardware vendors like dell and lenovo. https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/overview/cp/linuxsystems https://www.dell.com/en-us/work/shop/overview/cp/linuxsystem... https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-launches-linux-ready-thinkpad-and-thinkstation-pcs-preinstalled-with-ubuntu/ https://news.lenovo.com/pressroom/press-releases/lenovo-laun...

m4rtink 6y ago
Fedora on Lenovo laptops as well: https://fedoramagazine.org/lenovo-fedora-now-available/ https://fedoramagazine.org/lenovo-fedora-now-available/
bovermyer 6y ago
I'm personally quite fond of System76.
- driverdan 6y ago
  Unfortunately System76 still uses 10 year old LCDs. Let me know when their displays are at least as good as an 8 year old retina MacBook Pro.
zzzeek 6y ago
use Fedora. I run Fedora on a Dell XPS and version 33 is great.
autoexec 6y ago
superfish was reason enough for me to never touch lenovo and all the other malware they've infested their systems with since have only made me feel better about that decision. Dell might be okay though.
loxs 6y ago
I did that already with a ThinkPad T495. Couldn't be happier. With Arch Linux and KDE it's objectively far superior to Mac OS for development (I do mostly TypeScript and Rust). The crazy thing is that I've been blind to the massive improvement that happened in Linux-land for the 7 years I was using Mac OS. Of course there is still some PITA with missing productivity software (in my case for hobby photography), but so far I am determined to suffer with open source tools and maybe try to contribute a little.
mauricio 6y ago
Highly recommend the Dell XPS 13 if you enjoy the Macbook build quality. The edge-to-edge screen feels like the future. I run EndeavourOS which is like a GUI installer for Arch. Arch's package management with (AUR -- Arch User Repo) will remind you a lot of Homebrew. And their wiki helps you get up to speed quickly.

by jrib 6y ago

m4rtink 6y ago

Fedora on Lenovo laptops as well: https://fedoramagazine.org/lenovo-fedora-now-available/ https://fedoramagazine.org/lenovo-fedora-now-available/

bovermyer 6y ago

I'm personally quite fond of System76.

driverdan 6y ago
Unfortunately System76 still uses 10 year old LCDs. Let me know when their displays are at least as good as an 8 year old retina MacBook Pro.

zzzeek 6y ago

use Fedora. I run Fedora on a Dell XPS and version 33 is great.

autoexec 6y ago

superfish was reason enough for me to never touch lenovo and all the other malware they've infested their systems with since have only made me feel better about that decision. Dell might be okay though.

loxs 6y ago

I did that already with a ThinkPad T495. Couldn't be happier. With Arch Linux and KDE it's objectively far superior to Mac OS for development (I do mostly TypeScript and Rust). The crazy thing is that I've been blind to the massive improvement that happened in Linux-land for the 7 years I was using Mac OS. Of course there is still some PITA with missing productivity software (in my case for hobby photography), but so far I am determined to suffer with open source tools and maybe try to contribute a little.

mauricio 6y ago

Highly recommend the Dell XPS 13 if you enjoy the Macbook build quality. The edge-to-edge screen feels like the future. I run EndeavourOS which is like a GUI installer for Arch. Arch's package management with (AUR -- Arch User Repo) will remind you a lot of Homebrew. And their wiki helps you get up to speed quickly.