Re:Ask HN: Reasonable dev laptop?
by hazz99 on Sunday October 21, 2018 @06:21AM
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How hard was it to get the various peripherals working? Things like the trackpad, bluetooth etc.I've had a lot of difficulty getting Linux working in the past, and it's stopped my from making the jump from my Macbook :(
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A breeze, actually. Got all working with arch without an issue. If you're going with Ubuntu I wouldn't even worry as they got most it covered pretty well.
The greatest thing about the latest Lenovo's and the Dell's is how good Linux support is these days.
If you really, really want to use Linux and is worried about peripherals, I might suggest you look into system76 - dedicated Linux laptops with a great distro (Ubuntu-based, named Pop OS) to match.
Re:Ask HN: Reasonable dev laptop?
by kevinherron on Monday October 22, 2018 @09:00AM
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The only thing that doesn't work with my X1C6 on Linux is the fingerprint reader. Everything else works.
They fixed the sleep issue with a BIOS update. The only remaining issue is aggressive throttling of the CPU, which is fixed with this: https://github.com/erpalma/lenovo-throttling-fix