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Re:System76 AMD-Only Laptop Returns by deaddodo on Thursday January 12, 2023 @05:08PM (#34360947)
I mean, it wouldn't even be hard for them to partner with someone like ASUS, Acer, etc to produce semi-custom hardware.

The strict Clevo-based hardware will always turn me away from buying from them when I can get multiple AMD 6000-based laptops from Asus that run Linux fine (after a wifi-card swap, the MediaTek's they use are useless); and have superior build qualities.

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Re:System76 AMD-Only Laptop Returns by doublepg23 on Thursday January 12, 2023 @08:08PM (#34362679)
They did partner with HP I think.
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Re:System76 AMD-Only Laptop Returns by lighttower on Friday January 13, 2023 @12:42AM (#34364354)
why don't they get rid of DC charging? two USB-C ports is what I want!
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Re:System76 AMD-Only Laptop Returns by aesh2Xa1 on Friday January 13, 2023 @08:53AM (#34367684)
Did you not bother to look at the product page before commenting? https://us.starlabs.systems/pages/starfighter-specification https://us.starlabs.systems/pages/starfighter

In fact, it has two USB C ports, and both of those are USB 4 and Thunderbolt 4 and having DisplayPort Alt Mode. They also have three USB A ports (3.2 Gen 1), a MicroSD slot, a 3.5mm jack port, and an HDMI port.

There is even a photo with both USB C ports shown. https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2059/5897/files/StarFighte...

What's more, even the charger supports both USB C and DC jack cables interchangeably. You just chose either cable type in configuration, or you buy both cables.

https://us.starlabs.systems/collections/power-cables

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Re:System76 AMD-Only Laptop Returns by lighttower on Friday January 13, 2023 @10:12AM (#34368787)
I was referring to the StarBook, the 14" version https://starlabs.systems/pages/starbook
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Re:System76 AMD-Only Laptop Returns by lhl on Friday January 13, 2023 @05:48AM (#34366134)
The HP Dev One is what you're thinking of: https://hpdevone.com/ - it's a well reviewed developer laptop that comes w/ Pop!_OS preloaded and is very reasonably price - Ryzen 5850U (Zen3) - basically a rejiggered EliteBook 845 G8 w/ full Linux support (System76 has a repo w/ hardware support that can be used for fan speed and additional battery info: https://github.com/pop-os/hp-vendor). It's US-only and uses a SureView display (but has a 30-day return policy), so worth checking out for anyone in the market I think...
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Re:System76 AMD-Only Laptop Returns by lhl on Friday January 13, 2023 @06:08AM (#34366268)
A word of warning for Asus laptops, while the asus-linux.org has being doing great work (and the G14s are known to work well), I was never able to get suspend working properly on a 2021 M16. And if anyone's trying to get a Ryzen 6000 ultralight like the Zenbook S 13 working, I think they're going to be in for a battle...

* https://zentalk.asus.com/t5/zenbook/linux-on-zenbook-s-13-ol...

* https://zentalk.asus.com/t5/zenbook/linux-support-on-zenbook...

* https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxhardware/comments/yk8nmk/asus_...

Most laptop brands work with/own various ODMs - instead of OEM brands like Asus, Acer, think ODMs like Pegatron, Wistron, Iventec, Compal, Quanta, Clevo, etc - these companies co-design/manufacture laptops for almost all the major OEMs, but most do exclusive designs and niche brands like System76 are probably too low volume to be able to get priority/afford custom design w/ most of the Tier 1 ODMs, hence the prevalence of "white label" friendly ODM designs.

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