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Have you seen any major changes between now and then? I looked for a linux developer laptop last year and ended up with a lenovo P1 after a previous bad experie

Have you seen any major changes between now and then? I looked for a linux developer laptop last year and ended up with a lenovo P1 after a previous bad experience (with power management) on an XPS13 (which I used while traveling - I don't travel now). I didn't see any other alternatives last year vs what he's discussing. I would love to hear if there are new competitive linux-friendly laptops out there now

flylikeabanana 5y ago
Well, the Framework did come out since then. That's no small news in the linux laptop world
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 5y ago
  The article states they want discrete graphics. Framework don't yet have this capability.
- cyberpunk 5y ago
  Anecdotal, a colleague of mine absolutely hated his to the point where he didn’t even sell it, it just ended up in a drawer until he’s calmed down enough to sort it out for sale >_<
  - belval 5y ago
    No offense to your colleague, but if you get angry against a piece of tech to a point where you can't even stand to sell it, I think you have more issues than a bad laptop...
StopDarkPattern 5y ago
Because everyone loves CCP sponsored back doors in their hardware. I am a solid pass on lenovo for life.
- version_five 5y ago
  I don't think this is remotely credible. Without some evidence it's just scare mongering (although I find it hard to take anyone who automatically jumps to saying CCP when talking about China seriously) Anyway, as someone without even the remotest business or personal connections to China, if someone is spying on me I hope it's them, rather than someone who can actually impact my life
  - perihelions 5y ago
    I think GP was referring to SuperFish, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfish https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9072424 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9072424 ("Lenovo Caught Installing Adware on New Computers") https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9074110 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9074110 ("Extracting the SuperFish certificate") https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9524536 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9524536 ("Class action lawsuit filed against Lenovo over Superfish") etc.
    - version_five 5y ago
      This seems to be a windows spyware, the OP refers specifically to hardware, and this discussion is about linux so I don't think he was referring to Superfish. Incidentally, the OP is troll account with -3 Karma so I think he was just trolling anyway, I didn't notice that when I first replied.
      - StopDarkPattern 5y ago
        Yeah CCP shills do say that to those who oppose them ;)

flylikeabanana 5y ago

Well, the Framework did come out since then. That's no small news in the linux laptop world

2OEH8eoCRo0 5y ago
The article states they want discrete graphics. Framework don't yet have this capability.
cyberpunk 5y ago
Anecdotal, a colleague of mine absolutely hated his to the point where he didn’t even sell it, it just ended up in a drawer until he’s calmed down enough to sort it out for sale >_<
- belval 5y ago
  No offense to your colleague, but if you get angry against a piece of tech to a point where you can't even stand to sell it, I think you have more issues than a bad laptop...

StopDarkPattern 5y ago

Because everyone loves CCP sponsored back doors in their hardware. I am a solid pass on lenovo for life.

version_five 5y ago
I don't think this is remotely credible. Without some evidence it's just scare mongering (although I find it hard to take anyone who automatically jumps to saying CCP when talking about China seriously) Anyway, as someone without even the remotest business or personal connections to China, if someone is spying on me I hope it's them, rather than someone who can actually impact my life
- perihelions 5y ago
  I think GP was referring to SuperFish, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfish https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9072424 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9072424 ("Lenovo Caught Installing Adware on New Computers") https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9074110 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9074110 ("Extracting the SuperFish certificate") https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9524536 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9524536 ("Class action lawsuit filed against Lenovo over Superfish") etc.
  - version_five 5y ago
    This seems to be a windows spyware, the OP refers specifically to hardware, and this discussion is about linux so I don't think he was referring to Superfish. Incidentally, the OP is troll account with -3 Karma so I think he was just trolling anyway, I didn't notice that when I first replied.
    - StopDarkPattern 5y ago
      Yeah CCP shills do say that to those who oppose them ;)