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> Until recently, installing on laptops was an absolute crap shoot. Sadly, it still is. I have a System76 Oryx running the manufacturers distro and I still hav

> Until recently, installing on laptops was an absolute crap shoot. Sadly, it still is. I have a System76 Oryx running the manufacturers distro and I still have issues with hybrid graphics, Wifi breaking randomly, Bluetooth devices not connecting, and the the fans spinning up like crazy and the UI freezing for seconds at a time. On a laptop built for Linux! I still like it but I can't tell anyone it "just works"

jcelerier 5y ago
> Sadly, it still is. I have a System76 Oryx running the manufacturers distro and I still have issues with hybrid graphics, Wifi breaking randomly, Bluetooth devices not connecting, and the the fans spinning up like crazy and the UI freezing for seconds at a time. On a laptop built for Linux! I still like it but I can't tell anyone it "just works" I mean, my laptop is a MSI GS65 and : - fans spin up like crazy randomly - if I plug an ethernet cable, I have to disable & reenable the adapter on windows - sometimes on reboot the mousepad won't work and I have to power off and wait and power back on - sometimes on reboot the HDMI won't work and I have to power off and wait and power back on and all this on Windows, Linux also have the two last problems (though much less since some recent kernels) but not the two first. Laptops just suck.
freedomben 5y ago
dang, this is seriously disappointing. have you alerted system76 support? they have been known to fix drivers, so worth reporting. I've been using Lenovo Thinkpad's with no problems at all. I just ordered a Frame.Work laptop that I'm stoked for. Hopefully it goes well.
ergo14 5y ago
My dell e5470 will bluescreen 80% of time when connecting a screen via HDMI on windows 10. Nothing like that happens under linux. The "it just works on other platform" is a myth - they all suck in different ways.

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> Until recently, installing on laptops was an absolute crap shoot. Sadly, it still is. I have a System76 Oryx running the manufacturers distro and I still hav

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jcelerier 5y ago
> Sadly, it still is. I have a System76 Oryx running the manufacturers distro and I still have issues with hybrid graphics, Wifi breaking randomly, Bluetooth devices not connecting, and the the fans spinning up like crazy and the UI freezing for seconds at a time. On a laptop built for Linux! I still like it but I can't tell anyone it "just works" I mean, my laptop is a MSI GS65 and : - fans spin up like crazy randomly - if I plug an ethernet cable, I have to disable & reenable the adapter on windows - sometimes on reboot the mousepad won't work and I have to power off and wait and power back on - sometimes on reboot the HDMI won't work and I have to power off and wait and power back on and all this on Windows, Linux also have the two last problems (though much less since some recent kernels) but not the two first. Laptops just suck.
freedomben 5y ago
dang, this is seriously disappointing. have you alerted system76 support? they have been known to fix drivers, so worth reporting. I've been using Lenovo Thinkpad's with no problems at all. I just ordered a Frame.Work laptop that I'm stoked for. Hopefully it goes well.
ergo14 5y ago
My dell e5470 will bluescreen 80% of time when connecting a screen via HDMI on windows 10. Nothing like that happens under linux. The "it just works on other platform" is a myth - they all suck in different ways.