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> And Linux ? Good luck getting decent hardware that will run without having basic functionality issues. I think that's probably a few years out of date. Certa
by marcus_holmes 8mo ago
> And Linux ? Good luck getting decent hardware that will run without having basic functionality issues.
I think that's probably a few years out of date. Certainly, it used to be completely true and was a major problem.
I'm just not finding that now. Drivers are better, and more widespread, and there are less odd hardware innovations in standard PC components that screw it up.
And, if you want a laptop that runs Linux perfectly, there are more than a few options out there that ship with Linux installed and supported now.
- fragmede 8mo agoGet serious, none of them have a working fingerprint reader.
- bc569a80a344f9c 8mo agoI prefer my MacBook, but the Thinkpad whatever I bought to have Windows and Linux available for some software I need occasionally has a fingerprint reader that worked out of the box on Ubuntu.
- hedgehog 8mo agoMy Thinkpad's fingerprint reader worked out of the box.
- fragmede 8mo agoThank you! https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law
- bigstrat2003 8mo agoSince when is using a fingerprint reader on laptops at all common? If that's a requirement for you then fair enough, but not having a fingerprint reader doesn't make a laptop so niche that one would be justified in saying "get serious".
- FarmerPotato 8mo agoUm.. all MacBooks have had a fingerprint reader for years. Without it, I would be typing passwords a lot more.
- brewtide 8mo agoMy framework 13 fingerprint scanner worked immediately out of the box.