Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)

Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014) by db579 on Monday November 16, 2020 @12:39PM (#25114555)

I think in general there is just very little hardware as attractive as a MacBook Pro that supports Linux well. If we take the requirements as being roughly: HiDPI screen, thin and light all metal body, USB C charging, tenkeyless keyboard with centered trackpad and reasonable expectation of mostly working out of the box with a standard Ubuntu iso.

Your options are pretty much just the Dell XPS/Precision line and the Lenovo X1 Extreme series? Anything else?

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Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014) by fomine3 on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @02:10AM (#25120995)

Seriously? Intel MBP now has proprietary T2 chip, has other non-common chips, useless TouchBar instead of F keys, poor cooling design. It's also no future for Linux because they transitioning to Apple Silicon. It uses ARM for cpu march but they use original GPU that I think never be used for Linux. It also uses original boot sequence rather than UEFI.

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Re:Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014) by boomboomsubban on Monday November 16, 2020 @05:38PM (#25117980)

No hardware provider really uses a standard network adapter, and as I said that's the main thing to check when purchasing a laptop. You can't have a reasonable expectation of just working, but that's all you should need to check.

Though, isn't the issue more that your listed requirements show a strong personal preference to macbooks?

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