Does anyone here has experience with #slimbook #linux notebooks?
In particular I would want to run #popos on my notebook.
I once installed popos on a huawei notebook and ran into two problems: Hibernation did not really work and in sleep the battery drained like crazy and with the encryption of popos it sometimes didn’t boot anymore because it could not find a bootable drive. Without encryption it worked.
@slimbook
@pop_os
@pop_os_official

  • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    23 days ago

    Little traumatized by all these hashtags until I realized they’re Fediverse native.

    Neat.

    Anyway, in general, I would not buy a “Linux” laptop. You tend to pay a huge tax and get old hardware anyway, with major components no different from bigger OEMs.

    They’re usually rebranded Clevo whitebooks.

    I can possibly recommend something more specific based on your needs. Like, what are you using the laptop for, what size do you want, and what’s your budget?

    • Okuna@social.tchncs.deOP
      2·
      23 days ago

      @brucethemoose hi
      Thanks. I once installed various distros on Huawei notebook and it was not a very good experience. The hardware was exceptionally great. I know how to create a USB installer, etc.
      I would want it mainly for normal stuff like surfing the net or creating some presentations and showing them. Nothing in particular, for example, nothing AI related. I do not want to daily open the terminal and add some cryptic commands. sudo apt update & sudo apt upgrade

      From the UI perspective, I really like PopOS. I have a strong focus on privacy and the canonical telemetry I can disable. I would want my data to be encrypted, but I don’t want to read about luks etc. It should just work.
      I would want it to be very portable, sort of like a MacBook Air.
      I’m coming from a Mac OS background.

      • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        23 days ago

        Yeah I realized I either misread or posted to the wrong thread. It appears you want help with PopOS not a new laptop. Sorry, heh.

        Or… do you want a new laptop

          • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            23 days ago

            Well I undeleted my message, but basically I would avoid “preconfigured” Linux laptops, as they are mostly Clevo laptops with questionable quality and a huge markup.

            Installing it yourself is very easy.

            Framework is the exception, they make good stuff; albeit not the fastest stuff out there.

            And I’d seriously look at the base Asus Z13 if you want a 13” and can afford it. Its display is sick, is so fast you won’t need to replace it for a long time, the internal hardware/cooling is crazy, and it has great Linux community around it.

          • brucethemoose@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            23 days ago

            What about budget?

            If that’s of little concern, I’d lean towards any of the AMD “AI Max” laptops. The HP G1a (14”) and Asus Z13 (13”) are about $2K in their base configs, perhaps less on discount.

            I heard what you said about not needing AI, but frankly, the hardware of those particular two laptops blows anything else away, hence they’re going to last much longer. The displays and build quality are excellent, too. Additionally:

            • All the Zephyrus laptops (like my G14) work well with Linux, and in fact have their own little internet community submitting patches for them. Looks up asus-linux; I think some of those folks run PopOS.

            • All-AMD, in general, means no headaches on Linux.

            • With overkill hardware, you can throttle the heck out of them so they sip power while staying fast. I learned this with my G14, which can run fanless with CPU boost disabled.

            But like I said, these are very expensive laptops. On more of a budget, I’d look at a Framework 13 first (though they really need to update it), and otherwise see what Notebookcheck.com recommends in your budget.