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Ah man, you are describing my ideal laptop as well. I don't have a solution for you, but I have had good experiences with System76 in the past and am hoping th

Ah man, you are describing my ideal laptop as well. I don't have a solution for you, but I have had good experiences with System76 in the past and am hoping that upcoming laptop refreshes should start to hit those points or me as well. Ideally this gets a better screen: https://system76.com/laptops/pangolin https://system76.com/laptops/pangolin Or this gets a Ryzen APU and a 16:10 aspect ratio: https://system76.com/laptops/lemur https://system76.com/laptops/lemur But those are dreams at this point...

Osiris 6y ago
I have a system76 but it uses an NVIDIA GPU for the external monitors. It works fine when plugged in, but I basically don't use it as a portable computer because it's such a pain to switch back to Intel graphics. There are some options for hybrid graphics but it limits the options I have for external monitor orientation.
- gshulegaard 6y ago
  Graphics switching remains somewhat painful in the Linux ecosystem. There are options but nothing that quite achieves the seamlessness of Windows or Mac solutions. Did you get the System76 with PopOS? I was impressed with my last one with the desktop menu that allowed graphics switching (albeit after a restart). https://support.system76.com/articles/graphics-switch-pop/ https://support.system76.com/articles/graphics-switch-pop/ Which I think is just a wrapper around the nvidia drivers, but at least I didn't have to install it myself and the menu location is a tad more convenient.
  - Osiris 6y ago
    yeah the restart is the problem, it adds a lot of overhead if I'm just running to a meeting or something. There is a Prime option but you can only use external monitors in standard landscape and I use mine in portrait.
    - gshulegaard 6y ago
      Ah yeah, I have similar feelings. BumbleBee was promising at one time: https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/wiki/FAQ https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/wiki/FAQ But seems kind of dead now. https://www.bumblebee-project.org/ https://www.bumblebee-project.org/

Osiris 6y ago

I have a system76 but it uses an NVIDIA GPU for the external monitors. It works fine when plugged in, but I basically don't use it as a portable computer because it's such a pain to switch back to Intel graphics. There are some options for hybrid graphics but it limits the options I have for external monitor orientation.

gshulegaard 6y ago
Graphics switching remains somewhat painful in the Linux ecosystem. There are options but nothing that quite achieves the seamlessness of Windows or Mac solutions. Did you get the System76 with PopOS? I was impressed with my last one with the desktop menu that allowed graphics switching (albeit after a restart). https://support.system76.com/articles/graphics-switch-pop/ https://support.system76.com/articles/graphics-switch-pop/ Which I think is just a wrapper around the nvidia drivers, but at least I didn't have to install it myself and the menu location is a tad more convenient.
- Osiris 6y ago
  yeah the restart is the problem, it adds a lot of overhead if I'm just running to a meeting or something. There is a Prime option but you can only use external monitors in standard landscape and I use mine in portrait.
  - gshulegaard 6y ago
    Ah yeah, I have similar feelings. BumbleBee was promising at one time: https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/wiki/FAQ https://github.com/Bumblebee-Project/Bumblebee/wiki/FAQ But seems kind of dead now. https://www.bumblebee-project.org/ https://www.bumblebee-project.org/