Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development
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@scottalanmiller There's just something about the bezel on that laptop that makes me think of my old EEE 901 pc. It looks so "cheap" compared to other devices in the price range. The specs do look decent, though it appears to be designed for Ubuntu. I wonder if there are any binaries exclusive to their hardware that would prevent one from running Fedora or alternatives on it?
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@manxam said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@scottalanmiller There's just something about the bezel on that laptop that makes me think of my old EEE 901 pc. It looks so "cheap" compared to other devices in the price range. The specs do look decent, though it appears to be designed for Ubuntu. I wonder if there are any binaries exclusive to their hardware that would prevent one from running Fedora or alternatives on it?
I'm guessing not. They are working on their own OS now too.
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@momurda said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
Dell xps 13/15 Developer Edition.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/03/dells-new-xps-15-isnt-the-best-at-everything-but-its-not-bad-at-anything/
theres also a 13 in version.Not a real product. Every review site lists it. But Dell doesn't make it.
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@nerdydad said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@scottalanmiller said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
That's probably going to be your best bet right there.
That's how I'm feeling.
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@nerdydad said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@scottalanmiller said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
That's probably going to be your best bet right there.
$1404 as I need it configured.
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What about the latest Lenovo X1 Carbon?
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If you need a 13" then the Latitudes are really nice. My e7270 has 16GB, an i7, and an m.2 drive. Its a 12" so it doesn't have the infinity edge display, but the 13" looks just like an XPS.
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The latitude keyboards are much better than the XPS. That's the only gripe I have with mine.
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@smitherick said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
What about the latest Lenovo X1 Carbon?
Lenovo is a dirty word. Remember, you own Lenovo= You are breached.
https://mangolassi.it/topic/14538/lenovo-if-it-s-on-your-network-you-are-breached -
@travisdh1 Oph, good read and you win.
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@smitherick said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@travisdh1 Oph, good read and you win.
I've been bitten my them twice now, once with an X220, and once with a Motorola cell phone, so it's kinda seared into my memory.
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@stacksofplates said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
If you need a 13" then the Latitudes are really nice. My e7270 has 16GB, an i7, and an m.2 drive. Its a 12" so it doesn't have the infinity edge display, but the 13" looks just like an XPS.
I'll look at that.
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@smitherick said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
What about the latest Lenovo X1 Carbon?
Lol.
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@smitherick said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
What about the latest Lenovo X1 Carbon?
Stay away from the X1. I've got one for work and can't stand it. Bogs down when doing any multitasking and can basically only run a single app at a time.
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@coliver said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@smitherick said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
What about the latest Lenovo X1 Carbon?
Stay away from the X1. I've got one for work and can't stand it. Bogs down when doing any multitasking and can basically only run a single app at a time.
I've been burned plenty by Lenovo. Won't make that mistake again. So unstable.
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@scottalanmiller checked my companies that I like and I saw this one. It could be a possibility for you. Let us know what you decide on. MSI laptop
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@jmoore said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
@scottalanmiller checked my companies that I like and I saw this one. It could be a possibility for you. Let us know what you decide on. MSI laptop
Weight on that one is 3.75 lbs. The Galago Pro is the heaviest I've been looking at, at 2.87 lbs. The Asus is barely over 2 lbs. Trying to stay really light (and small) and this is going to be moving around continuously. That one looks pretty nice, though.
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@scottalanmiller Ok cool
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On this blog https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2017/07/13/fedora-workstation-26-is-out/#comments
I asked: F26 on a MacBookPro: When can we expect better performance in the power management specifically “suspend when you close lid”?
I would love to switch 100% to Fedora but issues like that on the laptop prevent that.He replied: We are looking to improve the state here and are talking to various vendors about how to improve collaboration around things like battery life.
That said for an outright linux-hostile hardware vendor like Apple it is next to impossible to get to a good state in terms of being able to promise users that hardware from that vendor is going to work well.
So yes power management needs to be improved and we are working on that, but also users need to accept that there will be linux friendly hardware vendors like Dell or System76 they need to buy from and not from a hardware vendor that has zero interest or is outright hostile to Linux working well on their system. -
@fateknollogee said in Looking for an Ultrabook for Linux and Development:
On this blog https://blogs.gnome.org/uraeus/2017/07/13/fedora-workstation-26-is-out/#comments
I asked: F26 on a MacBookPro: When can we expect better performance in the power management specifically “suspend when you close lid”?
I would love to switch 100% to Fedora but issues like that on the laptop prevent that.He replied: We are looking to improve the state here and are talking to various vendors about how to improve collaboration around things like battery life.
That said for an outright linux-hostile hardware vendor like Apple it is next to impossible to get to a good state in terms of being able to promise users that hardware from that vendor is going to work well.
So yes power management needs to be improved and we are working on that, but also users need to accept that there will be linux friendly hardware vendors like Dell or System76 they need to buy from and not from a hardware vendor that has zero interest or is outright hostile to Linux working well on their system.Makes sense. That's why System76 looks so interesting to me. Hardware gets great reviews and I want to support them.
If Dell was making a reasonable XPS 13, I'd seriously consider that, of course.
