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Is this a thin and lightweight laptop? I've been looking for a thin powerful AMD laptop with good Linux support

by woile 4y ago

Beltalowda 4y ago
Dimensions 14.59″ × 9.76″ × 0.71″ (37.06 × 24.79 × 1.80 cm) Weight 3.95 lbs (1.79kg)
umvi 4y ago
I have a System76 galp5. It's fairly thin and lightweight. I have mixed feelings about it. Linux support is good. But Windows support is pretty bad. All available drivers are here: https://github.com/system76/windows-drivers https://github.com/system76/windows-drivers but even after installing everything in that repo listed under galp5, I still have a ton of issues including laptop not going to sleep when lid is closed, touchpad occasionally not working until I toggle it on/off from settings, etc. Getting Windows working from Pop OS using Virtual Box was also a massive, fragile headache. I would get it working, but then sometimes when using Visual Studio from inside virtual box it would freeze and the VM would be permanently bricked unless I had previously saved a snapshot. All this to say that if you care about Linux and only Linux, System76 could be a good choice. But if you need to use Windows at all, I would steer clear of S76 until their Windows support is a little better (also YMMV - I've just had so many issues with Windows on a galp5, but that might not be the case with other models).
- trelane 4y ago
  I'd recommend using Windows under a VM, for this and myriad other reasons. But it really underscores the point that Linux and Windows hardware really are different.
  - Mikeb85 4y ago
    > But it really underscores the point that Linux and Windows hardware really are different. You mean it underscores the fact that Windows actually has terrible hardware support and the only reason it runs on anything is because OEMs put in work... Linux runs on most Windows hardware OOTB.
    - trelane 4y ago
      > Linux runs on most Windows hardware OOTB. "Runs" is in the eye of the beholder. It runs, but very often with small glitches here and there, especially where hardware and software meet (e.g. suspend and resume.) Even Frameworks manages to screw it up, in no small part because they don't support Linux, only Windows. And AFICT, its _very_ hard to fully support both simultaneously. This is why I only buy System76. I've considered Tux etc and may also. But so far System76 has been the best for me.

Is this a thin and lightweight laptop? I've been looking for a thin powerful AMD laptop with good Linux support

by woile 4y ago

Is this a thin and lightweight laptop? I've been looking for a thin powerful AMD laptop with good Linux support

Beltalowda 4y ago

Dimensions 14.59″ × 9.76″ × 0.71″ (37.06 × 24.79 × 1.80 cm) Weight 3.95 lbs (1.79kg)

umvi 4y ago

I have a System76 galp5. It's fairly thin and lightweight. I have mixed feelings about it. Linux support is good. But Windows support is pretty bad. All available drivers are here: https://github.com/system76/windows-drivers https://github.com/system76/windows-drivers but even after installing everything in that repo listed under galp5, I still have a ton of issues including laptop not going to sleep when lid is closed, touchpad occasionally not working until I toggle it on/off from settings, etc. Getting Windows working from Pop OS using Virtual Box was also a massive, fragile headache. I would get it working, but then sometimes when using Visual Studio from inside virtual box it would freeze and the VM would be permanently bricked unless I had previously saved a snapshot. All this to say that if you care about Linux and only Linux, System76 could be a good choice. But if you need to use Windows at all, I would steer clear of S76 until their Windows support is a little better (also YMMV - I've just had so many issues with Windows on a galp5, but that might not be the case with other models).

trelane 4y ago
I'd recommend using Windows under a VM, for this and myriad other reasons. But it really underscores the point that Linux and Windows hardware really are different.
- Mikeb85 4y ago
  > But it really underscores the point that Linux and Windows hardware really are different. You mean it underscores the fact that Windows actually has terrible hardware support and the only reason it runs on anything is because OEMs put in work... Linux runs on most Windows hardware OOTB.
  - trelane 4y ago
    > Linux runs on most Windows hardware OOTB. "Runs" is in the eye of the beholder. It runs, but very often with small glitches here and there, especially where hardware and software meet (e.g. suspend and resume.) Even Frameworks manages to screw it up, in no small part because they don't support Linux, only Windows. And AFICT, its _very_ hard to fully support both simultaneously. This is why I only buy System76. I've considered Tux etc and may also. But so far System76 has been the best for me.