Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.
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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.
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So I was really hoping to come up some exact make/models here, anyone got specific suggestions long this line?
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@fuznutz04 said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
@scottalanmiller I use OneNote all day, every day. I suppose I could use OneNote online, but I don't like that experience as much.
I think that Wine might help you there, maybe. But there is nothing native.
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@jrc said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
So I was really hoping to come up some exact make/models here, anyone got specific suggestions long this line?
I use an Asus RoG GL552V that runs Ubuntu 17.04 beautifully.
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@jrc Korora 25 Gnome, Fedora 25 Gnome, and Ubuntu works pretty well with my Dell Latitude 3440. Sticking with Dell or HP would be a good starting point.
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@black3dynamite said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
I've heard good things about those.
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That maybe the ticket. The Onyx has everything I'd want, for about the same price as the lower price 15" MBP, it just lacks Thunderbolt, which would mean my docking station is not going to work.
Do they make any decent USB 3.0 docking stations that can drive 2 displays (one 2560x1140, the other at 1080p) give me a few standard USB ports and an ethernet port?
