Moving from Macbook to Linux

Re:Moving from Macbook to Linux by fsflover on Friday November 20, 2020 @03:09PM (#25164394)

All your problems seem to come from the unsupported hardware. Consider a laptop with preinstalled Linux.

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Re:Moving from Macbook to Linux by lytefm on Saturday November 21, 2020 @06:59AM (#25169217)

Yup. Basically comparing apples to oranges. Unless you're looking at a System76 Laptop or at least a Thinkpad/Dell that's certified.

I've had a great experience with my XPS 13 so far. Everything (Headphones, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi,...) just works, Dell even provides Bios updates. Whereas Windows 10 didn't recognise that my headphones also have a microphone. Only downside is the limited battery management, this is definitely better on ThinkPads.

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Re:Moving from Macbook to Linux by _emacsomancer_ on Friday November 20, 2020 @03:18PM (#25164483)

Or a ThinkPad.

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Re:Moving from Macbook to Linux by hansvm on Friday November 20, 2020 @03:32PM (#25164629)

I had to swap out my network adapter to get wifi working on linux on my thinkpad, and libinput still occasionally locks up...everything... processing phantom drift from the mouse nipple (which would be less annoying if the touchpad mouse buttons weren't part of the same device as the mouse nipple).

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