I finally decided for a new daily driver laptop. I wanted something from a small manufacturer focused on #linux. Looked at devices from #StarLabs, #Purism, #System76, #Slimbook. At the end I decided for the Pulse 14 from @tuxedocomputers. It looks almost perfect for me. The only downside is that they don‘t ship with US-ANSI keyboards. I‘m afraid this will annoy me the first few week… Anyways, looking forward for the device to arrive in order to install #NixOS.
Thinkpads with #Fedora#linux are now supposed to be available from #Lenovo in various European countries. Apparently the Netherlands is - just like two years ago - not one of these: Searching for Fedora on the Dutch Lenovo website returns exactly one#laptop, but in its configuration options it says that it comes with M$ Wind*ws! Fedora isn't mentioned anywhere. Such a shame!
Currently still very happy with my #Thinkpad#T14 (Gen 1, AMD). At the time, ordering without an OS wasn't possible, so I settled for M$ Wind*ws, which I immediately replaced with #Fedora. From the ordering & payment procedure I got the impression that #Lenovo didn't really want to sell anything to me at all. Delivery took 8 weeks.
They’re an indie computer co from the UK who make high-end hardware designed specifically for Linux. I collaborated w/them while at elementary, and they’ve been putting out great kit since, too:
If their system declines your credit card, it still places a pre-authorisation for the full amount into your bank account – thereby reducing the balance of your account for the full amount. The authorisation is for a whole month and so you cannot touch that money for a month.
I called and spoke with them and they told me there’s nothing they can do on their end and my bank won’t investigate unless they take the money.
Right, so I just put in an order, selected their invoice option at checkout and was able to transfer them the money via IBAN in seconds. Wish I’d done that from the start.
Phew! That was way harder than it needed to be.
(Again, I’ll update you all if/when they get back to me let me know the issue with failed transactions resulting in preauthorisations is fixed. Until then, if you’re going to pre-order the #StarLabs#StarLite#Linux#tablet, I’d highly recommend you pay by invoice.)
I am of the opinion that if we keep waiting for the “perfect” #Linux tablet, it will never exist. The specs of the #StarLabs#StarLite are head and shoulders above any other Linux-dedicated #tablet thus far.
I plan on purchasing one once I see a product review, and if it’s as good as I hope it will be, I hope that Linux users will support it with their WALLETS so we get more and better devices like this.