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Re:Google May Have to Get Used to Third Place in the Cloud by BonesJustice on Thursday November 15, 2018 @08:37AM (#18459094)
Nice. The touchpad on my 2013 MacBook Pro doesn’t click properly anymore, and I just don’t like the current line. I just bought a ThinkPad X1 Extreme (i7-8850H, 32GB, 1TB, 4K). I’ve been running elementary OS on it, and while it lacks many of the niceties of macOS (especially for owners of multiple Apple devices), it has a familiar and refined feel.
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Re:Google May Have to Get Used to Third Place in the Cloud by SyneRyder on Thursday November 15, 2018 @10:36AM (#18460034)
> I’ve been running elementary OS on it...

I'm not much of a Linux user, but I've been trying elementary OS 0.4.1 Loki via Parallels and like it a lot. Unfortunately elementary OS 5 Juno has been buggy for me (random black screens requiring a reboot), so I'm stuck on Loki for now.

I was tempted to put elementary OS on my 32-bit 2006 MacBook (the one that currently has Windows 10), but there isn't a 32-bit version of elementary OS anymore.

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Re:Google May Have to Get Used to Third Place in the Cloud by stevehawk on Thursday November 15, 2018 @09:21AM (#18459382)
Have anymore thoughts on that? I'm looking to upgrade my old Thinkpad Yoga.
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Re:Google May Have to Get Used to Third Place in the Cloud by BonesJustice on Thursday November 15, 2018 @08:31PM (#18465423)
What do you want to know?

I'm pretty pleased with the X1E: it's not quite MBP-level thin, but it's still a great balance of power and portability. NotebookCheck has a review that's worth checking out.

elementary OS feels fast, familiar, and refined. It's not quite as fleshed out as other distros like Mint (or macOS itself, for that matter), but it's getting better with each release.

The 4K HiDPI screen on the X1E is vibrant. My biggest concern was that the HiDPI scaling on Linux wouldn't be up to snuff, but I've been pleasantly surprised. The scaling for GTK apps was perfect right out of the box. There were some extra steps to get Qt apps to scale properly and inherit the GTK theme, but they look great now. Wine and Steam basically just required checking a box to get the scaling to work.

Happy to answer any specific questions you have.

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