Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.
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@JaredBusch said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
Why Ubuntu?
I almost never see serious projects that run on it. Most serious things run on the Fedora/RHEL line.
Could be my perspective is skewed, it it is what I see.
I did not say it in this post, but the reason I am on Korora on my desktop and laptop now is because all the stuff I do, outside of the Unifi controller, is on Fedora/RHEL.
So I wanted my desktop & laptop on Fedora/RHEL. I tested out straight Fedora with a desktop experience, and then tried Korora. Korora Cinnamon makes the desktop experience on Fedora smooth.
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Simply put it is the distro I am most comfortable with, and matches all my Linux kernel based servers (they are all Ubuntu Server).
It is a pretty big shift for me to go from Windows/Mac to Linux so my I'd like to keep some of my comfort zone in tact for now. A year from now I may very well switch distros.
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@black3dynamite said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
Ubuntu Desktop certified hardware
https://certification.ubuntu.com/desktop/I've never even bothered looking for a HCL with Ubuntu. . . I just always went and tested it.
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@JaredBusch said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
@JaredBusch said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
Why Ubuntu?
I almost never see serious projects that run on it. Most serious things run on the Fedora/RHEL line.
Could be my perspective is skewed, it it is what I see.
I did not say it in this post, but the reason I am on Korora on my desktop and laptop now is because all the stuff I do, outside of the Unifi controller, is on Fedora/RHEL.
So I wanted my desktop & laptop on Fedora/RHEL. I tested out straight Fedora with a desktop experience, and then tried Korora. Korora Cinnamon makes the desktop experience on Fedora smooth.
Are you running Korora on a MacBook? I have it in my head that you are running a MBP. I'm running a 2012 MBP, and would like to switch off of OSX.
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@fuznutz04 said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
Are you running Korora on a MacBook? I have it in my head that you are running a MBP. I'm running a 2012 MBP, and would like to switch off of OSX.
Yes @JaredBusch is running Korora on his MBP.
I am also doing the same on a 2015 MBP.
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@fuznutz04 said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
Are you running Korora on a MacBook? I have it in my head that you are running a MBP. I'm running a 2012 MBP, and would like to switch off of OSX.
Yes, I have a late 2011 MBP that I dropped Korora 25 Cinnamon on.
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@JaredBusch said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
@fuznutz04 said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
Are you running Korora on a MacBook? I have it in my head that you are running a MBP. I'm running a 2012 MBP, and would like to switch off of OSX.
Yes, I have a late 2011 MBP that I dropped Korora 25 Cinnamon on.
Any issues with installation, drivers, or any other weirdness?
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@fuznutz04 said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
@JaredBusch said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
@fuznutz04 said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
Are you running Korora on a MacBook? I have it in my head that you are running a MBP. I'm running a 2012 MBP, and would like to switch off of OSX.
Yes, I have a late 2011 MBP that I dropped Korora 25 Cinnamon on.
Any issues with installation, drivers, or any other weirdness?
nope.
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@JaredBusch Well then, I think it's time to seriously consider this then. I've been avoiding upgrading to Sierra, so this is awesome news.
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@fuznutz04 said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
@JaredBusch Well then, I think it's time to seriously consider this then. I've been avoiding upgrading to Sierra, so this is awesome news.
My MBP was on the current macOS update prior to this. I had no real complaints with anything.
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@JaredBusch So the experience is smooth with your hardware?
Before I jump ship, I need to get a list of software together that I use to just make sure it's available on Korora. Even if it's not, I'm sure there is an alternative. Most of the tools I use are web based anyway.
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@fuznutz04 said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
@JaredBusch So the experience is smooth with your hardware?
Before I jump ship, I need to get a list of software together that I use to just make sure it's available on Korora. Even if it's not, I'm sure there is an alternative. Most of the tools I use are web based anyway.
I had zero issues with anything at all.
The screen saver password was having odd issues , but after a couple reboots for other reasons that went away before I could troubleshoot.
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I need to figure out why "Sleep when I close lid" is not working!!
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@JaredBusch Great. I think I'll take it for a test drive and run it from a USB stick. Thanks for the feedback.
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@FATeknollogee said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
I need to figure out why "Sleep when I close lid" is not working
What do you have set in the power management window?
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@black3dynamite said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
@FATeknollogee said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
I need to figure out why "Sleep when I close lid" is not working
What do you have set in the power management window?
I tried: When the lid is closed - Suspend (On AC power, on battery power) - this setting did not work.
When I open the lid, the laptop does not wake up.
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@fuznutz04 said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
@JaredBusch So the experience is smooth with your hardware?
Before I jump ship, I need to get a list of software together that I use to just make sure it's available on Korora. Even if it's not, I'm sure there is an alternative. Most of the tools I use are web based anyway.
Are you looking for Fedora specific versions, or more generally available on any Linux based OS?
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@scottalanmiller said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
@fuznutz04 said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
@JaredBusch So the experience is smooth with your hardware?
Before I jump ship, I need to get a list of software together that I use to just make sure it's available on Korora. Even if it's not, I'm sure there is an alternative. Most of the tools I use are web based anyway.
Are you looking for Fedora specific versions, or more generally available on any Linux based OS?
More so just Linux versions, as long as I can get them to work on Korora.
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@fuznutz04 said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
@scottalanmiller said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
@fuznutz04 said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
@JaredBusch So the experience is smooth with your hardware?
Before I jump ship, I need to get a list of software together that I use to just make sure it's available on Korora. Even if it's not, I'm sure there is an alternative. Most of the tools I use are web based anyway.
Are you looking for Fedora specific versions, or more generally available on any Linux based OS?
More so just Linux versions, as long as I can get them to work on Korora.
Gotcha. Korora runs nearly anything available on Linux. But if it isn't on Linux at all, that's harder.
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@scottalanmiller I use OneNote all day, every day. I suppose I could use OneNote online, but I don't like that experience as much.
