@ademalsasa@tuxedocomputers I'm currently at the Tuxedo Book BA 15 and I also use a desktop machine from them, which is already 6 years old and no longer shows up there.
My distro is Ubuntu everywhere, currently mostly on 20.04 LTS but a few servers already on 22.04.
@ademalsasa I use two 2nd hand Thinkpads, a T440s (w docking station) as my desktop PC, and an X1 as a couch PC. Both run Linux Mint perfectly. I don't bother w the fingerprint reader on the T440s. Everything incl that work on the X1. I have stayed away from high resolution screens (both laptops are just HD w matt finish), maxed out the RAM & ofc replaced HD w SSD in the T440.
Linux also runs well on older Thinkpads I own, an X200 (best keyboard ever) and an X220 but fan control was needed.
@ademalsasa to expand a little bit on the Dell: under Windows, it keeps updating the WiFi driver to a version that doesn’t work at all. Installing Dell’s driver manually gives WiFi that mostly functions but is quite flakey.
On any half modern Linux distro, the WiFi just works.
It also performs better under Linux with thermald than it does under Windows, and is quieter doing the same tasks (things like watching twitch for instance!)
Hi @boilingsteam, I've a fun poll here. I'm curious about what laptop brand you use with GNU/Linux for your gaming and reviewing job. Please see above and share yours if you don't mind.
@ademalsasa I have or have used all of the above groups in the last decade. My current laptops are a ThinkPad, a Dell, and an MSI Alpha, but I have no particular brand loyalty. I care far more about the hardware specs and value for the price than I do about name of the vendor.
(I will say that System 76 was unfortunately my worst experience of the bunch. It did not hold up well at all.)
Hi @governa my friend. I've a fun poll here. I'm curious about what your laptop brand for running GNU/Linux is. Please see above and share yours if you don't mind.
Thanks for sharing so much about #FreeSoftware and GNU/Linux everyday and I'm following.
@ademalsasa My favourites tend to be Haskell, Vala, Lua, & maybe Julia.
But Python's ecosystem keeps dragging me back. And projects I work on professionally are written in Java (thankfully they've finally upgraded to Java11!).
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@ademalsasa T470p with Arch. The only thing that doesn't work is the fingerprint reader (there is a work in progress driver).
LTE modem and smart card reader work out of the box. Firmware upgrades are supported via LVFS.
@popey hello, popey, I'm very happy I could get a reply from the developer of Ubuntu my OS directly. Thank you for all you work and dedication on Ubuntu.
Regarding the laptop, I saw this #ThinkPad model on your personal website (or Mastodon?) several days ago. Nice to see it again here!
Is there any one of your blog posts detailing about this laptop?
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