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Miaou, in Linux laptop recommendation thread🐧💻

Wouldn’t join some research center as engineer make more sense than going through university again?

Kolanaki, in Your PC will thank you...
@Kolanaki@yiffit.net avatar

“Now I have 99 problems.”

eldain, in Linux laptop recommendation thread🐧💻

Check if your university has a laptop program with sweet discounts, or look for other student discount offerings first. Could be worth it.

rockhandle, in Linux laptop recommendation thread🐧💻
@rockhandle@lemm.ee avatar

Most stuff has already been said, but I’ll just add my 2 cents:

I/O is very important. I got a laptop with a pathetic amount of ports and I deeply regret it. Don’t be like me

mlg, in Linux laptop recommendation thread🐧💻
@mlg@lemmy.world avatar

Thinkpads (p14s are a good example) are really great with everything except probably gaming. Having a good GPU usually just comes at the cost of battery life.

Fedora or Nobara for OS

If you reaaaaaally want gaming, you could look at external GPU via thunderbolt or USB 4

If you want something even lighter, Samsung makes some decent laptops with insane battery life and really thin metal casing. Only issue is they’re usually expensive and don’t drop in price like Thinkpads sometimes do.

shasta, (edited ) in Linux laptop recommendation thread🐧💻

Which distro makes you wanna rent a penguin and smash your monitor with an apple? What would you reocmmend?

MusicPiano, in Linux laptop recommendation thread🐧💻

Framework laptop 13

fmstrat, in Linux laptop recommendation thread🐧💻

Lots of good Rocco’s, but if you need to balance price and still get a high end machine, Lenovo Carbon. Runs fantastic out of the box, including S3/etc.

Grass, in Linux laptop recommendation thread🐧💻

I just want a modern AMD apu laptop with coreboot, slotted ram and multiple nvme slots, but like everything these days it would seem I’m asking for too much.

cyberpunk007,

That would be perfect.

Grass,

My modded t440p goes with me everywhere until then. I have that IIRC core2 dell(?) armored laptop running fully blobless too but it’s just a server backing up my 2fa emergency keys and such things. It was a fun little side project building and flashing coreboot but the hardware is a bit dated these days. The t440p is good for anything other than gaming or 4k movies at least.

kidpixo,

I bought a lenovo p14s AMD 2 years ago without OS, 32GB RAM and M.2 SSD, very happy with Arch, BTW. Coreboot would be nice, but it doesn’t seem feasible yet…

const_void,

Coreboot would be nice, but it doesn’t seem feasible yet…

Why not?

kidpixo, (edited )

Modern CPUs, especially AMD. Correct me If I’m wrong !

const_void,

Yeah, that’s incorrect. System 76 is producing machines with modern CPUs that use coreboot:

system76.com/laptops/oryx

kidpixo,

Nice , but my question was more if it possible to put it on other commercial machines, especially AMD one

vox, (edited )
@vox@sopuli.xyz avatar

my current dell one has an amd cpu, slotted ram (no soldered on crap) and nvme + sata (with space for a drive); too bad the build quality and the touchpad sucks
my old lenovo one also had replacable slotted cpus (with Pentium 2020m pre-installed). The lid also just slid off (like on a rail), with only one screw needing removal, no flimsy plastic clips. I broke plastic part of the hinge on that one by just flipping it over, oh well.

Grass,

I miss the old days and what I thought the future of tech would be like back then…

key, in [Crosspost] "Some of y'all need to see this and drop the superiority complex..."
@key@lemmy.keychat.org avatar

This isn’t a cross post, it’s a link to a specific instance’s version of a post

Rustmilian, (edited )
@Rustmilian@lemmy.world avatar

specific instance’s version of a post

Actually, no. OP is just a Lemmy.world user so the post exists on Lemmy.world server despite being posted to lemmy.ml.
You’ll find that if your client is properly written, it’ll send you to the appropriate post on Lemmy.ml regardless.
For example here’s one of your posts :
lemmy.keychat.org/post/799992 which exists on lemmy.keychat.org despite being posted to lemmy.world. This is just how Lemmy’s federation works in it’s current state, your post isn’t being duplicated to the other servers but rather hyperlinked in way.
Unfortunately, my client prefers direct post links and not the indirect hyperlinks shared with the federated server.

Also, you have to link posts as Lemmy lacks any real unified coss-post functionality currently.

h_a_r_u_k_i, in Linux laptop recommendation thread🐧💻
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  • Fal,
    @Fal@yiffit.net avatar

    What tinkering do you think a framework laptop requires? Even the diy option is basically just install RAM, put case together. It’s an hour of work max if you’re being REALLY meticulous

    WhyJiffie, (edited )

    But if you’re pursuing a MSc, you shouldn’t be wasting your time with gaming either, so that’s not a problem… /s

    Andrew15_5, in Linux laptop recommendation thread🐧💻
    @Andrew15_5@mander.xyz avatar

    Framework have support for everything, including the built-in fingerprint sensor. So I think my next laptop will be this.

    WeLoveCastingSpellz, in Linux laptop recommendation thread🐧💻

    I use an asus rog g15 from 2021. It actually has pretty great linux support with asus-ctl but I can’t recommend it in good concience for professional purposes, it is decked out with rgb also asus has a pretty bad reputation of customer support.

    shea,

    you can at least turn the LEDs off or set them to white

    spidermonkey23, in Songs about Vim

    Just wish it wasn’t the default for certain actions. First time doing a git commit message I shat myself

    0x4E4F,
    @0x4E4F@sh.itjust.works avatar

    Yep, pretty much the same experience… I was like “fuck, what did I fuck up now 🤦 😭… the owner is gonna kill me 😬” 😂.

    padge, in Linux laptop recommendation thread🐧💻

    I have a Framework laptop and just installed Ubuntu on it the other day, it works great. Ubuntu and Fedora are officially supported by Framework and there’s a bunch of other distros that are confirmed tested. I have the 13" but the 16" just came out with a dedicated GPU, that’s probably the one to get if you’re going to game on it

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