Re:Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief
by somebehemoth on Sunday December 28, 2025 @11:35AM
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I have an oled thinkpad running fedora that has never had a sleep issue. Excellent touchpad as well. Thinkpad X1 Carbon.
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Re:Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief
by tasuki on Sunday December 28, 2025 @11:57AM
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Which version? I have a X1 Carbon from, uhh, 2017? It supports S3 sleep. I'd think about an upgrade, if only I wasn't worried about sleep issues. I run Debian if that makes any difference.
Actually now that I think about it, my visceral reaction is one of dread: a feeling the trouble will be more than the benefit of a new computer.
Re:Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief
by stefanfisk on Sunday December 28, 2025 @12:37PM
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For me the touchpad experience is not just about the hardware. I got a Magic Trackpad for my Linux desktop hoping that it would at least be somewhat comparable to my MacBook. But scrolling and gestures are nowhere near as consistent and fluid as in macOS since the software support just isn't there.
As a fairly typical example, getting Firefox on Linux to actually scroll smoothly takes googling and fiddling with settings. Gesture support is hit or miss. On macOS, Firefox behaves just like any other native app in this regard.
Re:Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief
by encom on Sunday December 28, 2025 @03:00PM
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Firefox on Fedora on X1 Carbon and scrolling just works. Maybe it was different in the past.
Re:Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief
by stefanfisk on Sunday December 28, 2025 @04:09PM
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This was a few weeks ago. IIRC, the issue with Firefox was not that it didn't scroll but that the scrolling wasn't inertial unless you changed some settings.
Re:Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief
by snazz on Sunday December 28, 2025 @04:30PM
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If you “fling” the page, lift your fingers off, and then tap with two fingers, does the page come to a stop?
Re:Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief
by encom on Monday December 29, 2025 @04:19PM
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Just tested - it does indeed.
Re:Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief
by bigyabai on Sunday December 28, 2025 @02:49PM
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My Magic Trackpad feels more consistent on Linux, Force Touch notwithstanding.
Re:Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief
by ako on Sunday December 28, 2025 @04:30PM
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I have a thinkpad p1 with popos, but it doesn’t sleep properly. Closing the lid causes it to be super active. I have to lay it down up side down so the ventilation gaps are not blocked, otherwise it overheats. Burned one SSD this way.
Re:Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief
by chb on Sunday December 28, 2025 @06:46PM
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Did you buy this from system76, or did you just install Pop!_OS on hardware you already owned?
Re:Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief
by ako on Monday December 29, 2025 @01:10AM
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Installed it myself, it’s not a system76 but a Lenovo thinkpad.
Re:Last Year on My Mac: Look Back in Disbelief
by ako on Saturday January 03, 2026 @06:00AM
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Fixed it with the help of claude, it quickly helped me diagnose the issue and fix it. The drivers for the discrete nvidia graphics card had suspend disabled. Enabling it enabled automatic suspend when closing the lid.