Re:Station X Linux Machines
by freedomben on Thursday November 23, 2017 @10:26AM
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To some extent, yes. But the demo that I occupy (male, 30s, software developer, linux enthusiast, seeker of high quality hardware that is highly compatible with linux), is desperate and hungry for this.
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I thought that was IBM think Pads
Re:Station X Linux Machines
by ratsimihah on Thursday November 23, 2017 @05:13PM
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Exactly. I've been using a Thinkpad for my Arch build for years and it's stellar. Does IBM need to shit on Apple like that too? Or are these guys straight out of high school?
Don’t forget Dell’s ”Project Sputnik” XPS13 Developer Edition. My sister (!) has been using one since 2015 and it’s rick solid.
Yes, to be honest, I'm quite excited by it.
If only they did plain arch linux (just hard drives partitioned sensibly and graphics drivers installed, maybe X installed) and a nice thin 15 inch version...
Actually, I'd rather like purchasing the notebook with an empty disk, then have the supplier maintain a page in the Arch wiki on what drivers I need etc. (These pages already exist for some models, but only as a community effort.)
When you say "just hard drives partitioned sensibly and graphics drivers installed, maybe X installed", I hear "probably wrong bootloader, probably wrong partition layout, probably wrong FS choice" and so on and so on ("wrong" in this particular case meaning "not what I prefer").
After all, Arch is a distribution for tinkerers who want their system their way.
You make a very nice point. Even an AUR package that just installs the drivers would be great!
Re:Station X Linux Machines
by freedomben on Thursday November 23, 2017 @11:01AM
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Yes this would be an amazing offering that I don't think I could resist.