The Dell XPS 13 mostly fits the bill in terms of design. The Linux support is excellent.
I second that. Love my XPS developer edition.
Re:Introducing Surface Laptop
by eikenberry on Tuesday May 02, 2017 @03:22PM
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They look great except for the battery, it sucks.
Is that Linux' fault though instead of the Dell itself? I mean, Mac OS has app nap and I noticed the difference on the same hardware after OSX 10.whatever introduced it (I got an hour extra battery life!). When I reboot the same hardware into Windows, I get worse battery life than under Mac OS, obviously doing different things and an entirely different architecture (RPC, COM calls etc.) but I know it's not the hardware at fault.
Is Linux architecture at fault for the Dell? Just curious. I wonder if there is significantly different battery life for the same machine running different OS (eg. Windows vs Linux).
Re:Introducing Surface Laptop
by eikenberry on Thursday May 04, 2017 @03:46PM
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I was talking raw WHr rating, not power usage. Linux's mediocre power management is one of the reasons I put extra emphasis on the battery when shopping for a laptop. My t450s w/ the 6 cell external has 72WHr vs the XPS13 of that time had 54WHr. Plus my Lenovo battery is hot-swappable.
They have improved upon this some as the current XPS13 has 60WHr. But they still are lacking in this area.
If you're willing to comprimise on price, the new ThinkPad X1 Carbon is a fantastic Linux business laptop.
The ThinkPad X1 Carbon had just been "coreboot" supported ( so it will be soon the libreboot best/newest one ? ) : that's one big add-point to Linux .
( Sorry if I misunderstood something , it's my first post and I'm not so geeky :) , english too is not my native language )
The model supported by coreboot is the first generation X1 Carbon, which is 4-5 years old now. I'm talking about the 5th generation, which has only been available for a few months.
Any idea if the trackpad is better? I have three Thinkpads (including the previous Carbon), all running Linux, and the trackpads are just terrible.
I'm spoiled because I'm used to the MacBook trackpad.
I don't use it (I'm a big fan of the trackpoint), but the trackpad's surface feels very pleasant. Can't comment on the accuracy, I probably wouldn't even be able to properly judge or compare it to the MacBook, but I've heard good things from other people.
the 5th gen uses the microsoft precision standard (i.e. sends the raw input to the OS to interpret) - reported to be as good as the surface book, and close to macbook.
I really wish a linux laptop with this type of design was put out for an affordable price, I really think its a major opportunity for a large business market there.
I think there is a lot of room for improvement on the "librem' laptops...