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> A good laptop, but not a good value One of my mentors had the great sentence: "I dont buy laptops- they suck, because they are tailored to transport. I buy d

> A good laptop, but not a good value One of my mentors had the great sentence: "I dont buy laptops- they suck, because they are tailored to transport. I buy desktops- and connect them via internet to flat transportable terminals. And desktops can be upgraded, merged, reused and send to the closet as server at the EOL-" And he was kind of right. For almost all purposes, even for gaming in a way- a remote desktop is kind of superior. Yes, stadia is dead- but for everything else- this shall do.

atrus 1y ago
Using Steam Streaming/Moonlight-Sunlight/Tailscale is a dream for remote gaming.
- ItCouldBeWorse 1y ago
  You are absolutely right- forgive me, im kind of out of touch with the whole steam revolutionizing gaming on linux. I think the comment about the "transporttax" on hardware, ergonomic and cooling still holds up though even in a world where things like steam-deck exist. Even more so, if you may have lightweight ar-headsets one day, with a glorified cellphone + mouse and keyboard.
patwoz 1y ago
Nah, it’s ok for browsing the internet and for „slow“ games but for anything else it sucks
ItCouldBeWorse 1y ago
One could argue, that the "reusability" of the laptopbricks, in a desktop-server blade like structure is the biggest argument for the framework as a laptop though.
mac-attack 1y ago
I am of the same mind. Desktop for heavy lifting and a mid-range Chromebook (technically a chrultrabook now) for browsing w/ a lightweight yet modern feel. I do think the plunge to leveraging a desktop/server across devices does require an understanding of ssh/rdp and tailscale/reverse proxies though, which is why it isn't as popular as it could be.
- arccy 1y ago
  Reliability of Internet is also a problem
krior 1y ago
Maybe you live somewhere with crazy-stable, ultra-low-latency internet covering every little nook and cranny you could ever care to find yourself in, but I doubt this is the case for most of the world. Until we realize this utopia globally a remote desktop setup is simply not flexible enough.

atrus 1y ago

Using Steam Streaming/Moonlight-Sunlight/Tailscale is a dream for remote gaming.

ItCouldBeWorse 1y ago
You are absolutely right- forgive me, im kind of out of touch with the whole steam revolutionizing gaming on linux. I think the comment about the "transporttax" on hardware, ergonomic and cooling still holds up though even in a world where things like steam-deck exist. Even more so, if you may have lightweight ar-headsets one day, with a glorified cellphone + mouse and keyboard.

patwoz 1y ago

Nah, it’s ok for browsing the internet and for „slow“ games but for anything else it sucks

ItCouldBeWorse 1y ago

One could argue, that the "reusability" of the laptopbricks, in a desktop-server blade like structure is the biggest argument for the framework as a laptop though.

mac-attack 1y ago

I am of the same mind. Desktop for heavy lifting and a mid-range Chromebook (technically a chrultrabook now) for browsing w/ a lightweight yet modern feel. I do think the plunge to leveraging a desktop/server across devices does require an understanding of ssh/rdp and tailscale/reverse proxies though, which is why it isn't as popular as it could be.

arccy 1y ago
Reliability of Internet is also a problem

krior 1y ago

Maybe you live somewhere with crazy-stable, ultra-low-latency internet covering every little nook and cranny you could ever care to find yourself in, but I doubt this is the case for most of the world. Until we realize this utopia globally a remote desktop setup is simply not flexible enough.