So Long, Macbook. Hello Again, Linux

Re:So Long, Macbook. Hello Again, Linux by geoka9 on Thursday January 10, 2019 @12:38PM (#18875925)

I started using X1 Carbon 6th recently and it's an amazing little machine. Extremely portable (a 14" that weighs 2.5 lbs and fits in a 13" sleeve), great keyboard, great Linux support, good display, and it runs very cool (the fan is never on, despite running multiple virtualbox instances in addition to regular work that causes sporadic CPU spikes - e.g. compiling).

It's also very pleasant to touch and hold in your hands, especially if you like the Thinkpad aesthetics.

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Re:So Long, Macbook. Hello Again, Linux by polyfather on Thursday January 10, 2019 @01:42PM (#18876602)

I have to agree. I was never a big fan of laptops before, but I've really come to enjoy my 6th gen X1. The keyboard is surprisingly nice (for a laptop) and the battery lasts long enough to not annoy me when I'm on the move.

The fingerprint reader doesn't work though, not that I know what I would use one for.

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Re:So Long, Macbook. Hello Again, Linux by rikkus on Friday January 11, 2019 @04:29AM (#18882028)

I installed KDE Neon on a t450s recently and the fingerprint reader was the only hardware that didn’t work out of the box. I had to install an extra package and add some lines to a pam config file.

I use it to log in, plus to auth for anything that requires root. I’m doing some coding so occasionally do something that requires sudo in a terminal. A prompt appears and asks me to swipe my finger. It’s very neat.

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