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exactly what i was thinking. we linux users need a good laptop that looks good, perform well, and something that isn't apple!
by nubela 14y ago
exactly what i was thinking. we linux users need a good laptop that looks good, perform well, and something that isn't apple!
- rhizome 14y agoAnd for the record, Linux and the Retina MBPs don't get along. http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Linux-and-Apple-Which-Is-the-Lemon-Which-Is-the-Lemonade-75981.html http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/Linux-and-Apple-Which-Is-t... (FYI: the Phoronix post has an overlay ad)
- ovi256 14y agoI really like how those guys think it's somehow Apple's fault. Fonts are too small because Linux doesn't have resolution independence? Apple sucks for building a laptop with too many pixels.
- sp332 14y agoWow, the original Phoronix article was much more reasonable. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=apple_mbpr_linux&num=1 http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=apple...
- dkhenry 14y agoThis isn't entirely true. A Fedora developer was able to have much more sauccess then the Phoronix tester. I can't find the post on the internet, but it was linked on HN a while back.
- dfc 14y agoI might be in the minority here but looks good is probably the last thing I'm looking for in a machine.