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(DIR) Post #9iaTUfkbeZKdlbkcNM by sir@cmpwn.com
2019-05-08T03:04:41Z
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What laptops made in the past 5 years don't suck? I'm 12 years behind on laptop advances because they all sucked for a good long while
(DIR) Post #9iaTcAalNuklRjip5k by sir@cmpwn.com
2019-05-08T03:06:03Z
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Main requirement is battery life, charge, and ability to drive external displays. Need to use it in situations where power is inconsistent
(DIR) Post #9iaThpC5r2ZsorsZs0 by neauoire@merveilles.town
2019-05-08T03:06:18Z
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@sir want to know too.
(DIR) Post #9iaTpSumZWNC2RQRhA by tindall@cybre.space
2019-05-08T03:07:39Z
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@sir https://system76.com/laptops/darter
(DIR) Post #9iaTuIt3HbFANwvIeG by sir@cmpwn.com
2019-05-08T03:07:54Z
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@tindall I said good laptops
(DIR) Post #9iaTzn4UU8PpRstEgK by ari@yiff.life
2019-05-08T03:08:51Z
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@sir I've had this problem too. Bought a Librem 15 last year and while the hardware itself is really sexy it can certainly be quirky (my battery seems to be dying after a whole 8 months, plus the whole librem 1 stuff...) The pinebook stuff you mentioned looks *really* nice, but the shitty non-standardness ARM kinda ruins it :c
(DIR) Post #9iaU4aoVUEhEsbhg8m by tindall@cybre.space
2019-05-08T03:09:10Z
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@sir that seems unconstructive. As far as I know, it satisfies your constraints, which is why I suggested it; what's wrong with it, so I might suggest something better?
(DIR) Post #9iaU9g9f3VmktR1WLY by sir@cmpwn.com
2019-05-08T03:09:41Z
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@tindall I'm just teasing, I had a bad experience with System76 several years ago. It's out of my budget, I don't need much of its performance features so I don't want to pay for them either
(DIR) Post #9iaUFMLXcERNCDHyjY by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2019-05-08T03:13:27.703072Z
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@sir And blob-free too I guess. Specifically on this one: None, AFAIK unless you could consider the ARMs ones with the reverse-engineered drivers and/or consider that Intel ME / AMD PSP isn’t a blob.
(DIR) Post #9iaUFVBakapUbxheyW by 361.xj9@social.sunshinegardens.org
2019-05-08T03:13:22.989828Z
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@sir i'm actually very happy with my librem 13 gen 1. gen 2 has a better trackpad but no ethernet port... not perfect but they are easy to open up and upgrade and they come with coreboot and linux stock.system76 comes up a lot, but i've been told that the build quality isn't great. could be outdated information tho.
(DIR) Post #9iaUFnvH5U4CirDOgC by alexcleac@mastodon.technology
2019-05-08T03:10:23Z
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@sir how much of battery life do you expect? I used to have HP Probook 4340s, which had battery that lasted about 5 hours on Linux and had both VGA and HDMI. There were only two bad things about that laptop: default HDD (changed to Intel SSD) and wifi/bluetooth card (used to be Ralink, changed to a better one). However, it didn't have a decent CPU, it was Intel Core i3 3rd Gen.
(DIR) Post #9iaUK9qfVgoNsl8WzA by sir@cmpwn.com
2019-05-08T03:10:23Z
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@tindall laptops should balance portability with battery life, have a decent keyboard and screen, and then you should SSH into something with a Real CPU and Lots Of RAM to get your Real Work done
(DIR) Post #9iaUOtdjCX9N3lLLdI by sir@cmpwn.com
2019-05-08T03:10:45Z
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@alexcleac as much as I can get. I'll maximize battery life above all other considerations in this case
(DIR) Post #9iaUcLWSqQt7IkMK6C by tindall@cybre.space
2019-05-08T03:11:46Z
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@sir super fair. To be honest I don't own one at this point; I have a policy of buying old T-series Thinkpads and it's working well so far
(DIR) Post #9iaUhmwKKsobmY3EhM by sir@cmpwn.com
2019-05-08T03:11:59Z
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@the_gayest_doggo I still love my two X200's but the power issue is ruling them out
(DIR) Post #9iaUnbOo9lVFj8944W by tindall@cybre.space
2019-05-08T03:13:47Z
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@sir I agree in principle! Unfortunately for me, and many people, I have to move around so much that having a desktop not obstructed from me by a firewall is not a given.In any case, old thinkpads (esp the T430s) are 👌 great
(DIR) Post #9iaUrt6wFLGHojpY9I by sir@cmpwn.com
2019-05-08T03:14:12Z
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@tindall VPS?
(DIR) Post #9iaUwDSUXJk85ByXx2 by sir@cmpwn.com
2019-05-08T03:14:53Z
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@lanodan yeah blob free is a hard requirement
(DIR) Post #9iaV0AFsOAE7J0xQno by sir@cmpwn.com
2019-05-08T03:15:21Z
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@lanodan though I'm okay with reverse engineered drivers and I can't escape manufacturer rootkits :(
(DIR) Post #9iaV1vv6emyNQS5OhU by hector@explosion.party
2019-05-08T03:22:14.565462Z
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@xj9 @sir did you know the Pinebook Pro is about to come out at $200? Looks nice to me.
(DIR) Post #9iaV4isxZl37rtPcsC by sir@cmpwn.com
2019-05-08T03:16:31Z
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@xj9 what's the battery life like? Do you have a kill-a-watt by chance?
(DIR) Post #9iaV8uQEcmYko5yMCG by sir@cmpwn.com
2019-05-08T03:16:57Z
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@xj9 and how's the keyboard?
(DIR) Post #9iaVDSe9JxFW6ueS2K by mike@social.chinwag.org
2019-05-08T03:17:15Z
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@sir I've been carting around an older Lenovo Yoga 510 for a while now, and it's been a champ. I don't use the "fold it backwards into a tablet" thing really, but it does make it into a decent TV in a pinch. I've used it for theatrical productions, running sound and video cues and it's never let me down.I have it dual booting Ubuntu and Win10 and everything works in both, battery life is excellent. Dunno for sure about the current models, but this one is great.
(DIR) Post #9iaVMqPOLNG6PgDsps by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2019-05-08T03:26:01.128835Z
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@sir Well, on the Intel ME side there is the more recent Thinkpads, which are still good.But otherwise it’s stuff like Pinebook Pro and sturdy chromebooks.
(DIR) Post #9iaWAjlJKTbAHLGYuu by r@freesoftwareextremist.com
2019-05-08T03:35:02.224035Z
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@sir @lanodan well, you do. In that case, I think only modern usable laptop would be Asus Chromebook with Rockchip SOC, havn't used it myself, but have heard from some people about it.
(DIR) Post #9iaWIHbvsYArHmTgH2 by tindall@cybre.space
2019-05-08T03:21:45Z
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@sir I'd rather not pay more than a few dollars a month for my VPSesI think this is a problem that will (somewhat) go away when I consistently make more than $0 per month; for now I'm in college and not having to spend a fixed amount each month to do software dev is kind of importantI've considered setting up some kind of Y-shaped VPN (laptop to VPS, desktop to VPS, VPS to nordVPN), but I haven't had the time to make it robust enough to rely on
(DIR) Post #9iaWMtCe3Psn2AqWZ6 by sir@cmpwn.com
2019-05-08T03:22:12Z
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@tindall makes sense
(DIR) Post #9iaWQtUGwHL94f06TI by sir@cmpwn.com
2019-05-08T03:22:43Z
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@hector @xj9 only if I can use it with a mainline kernel, though
(DIR) Post #9iaWVjn6PueoRw7NTM by jalcine@playvicious.social
2019-05-08T03:24:14Z
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@sir what's your budget cap like? I personally got and reaaaaly love my Dell Inspiron 13 https://www.dell.com/en-us/shop/dell-laptops/new-inspiron-13-7000-2-in-1/spd/inspiron-13-7386-2-in-1-laptop
(DIR) Post #9iaWaFg1o9MyV4xgJs by sir@cmpwn.com
2019-05-08T03:25:28Z
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@jalcine hm, looks decent. What's the FOSS situation?
(DIR) Post #9iaWeYwE8XyROdat8a by sir@cmpwn.com
2019-05-08T03:25:45Z
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@jalcine battery life?
(DIR) Post #9iaWxjgOPen6DqKX20 by jalcine@playvicious.social
2019-05-08T03:34:33Z
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@sir I get about ~5 hours when fully charged. It came with Windows, threw Kubuntu on there and everything worked out of the box sans screen rotation (which I don't use but found a tool for it)
(DIR) Post #9iaXFZUx18nvqdU0kS by sovereign@capitalism.party
2019-05-08T03:39:52Z
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@sir @xj9 13v2 here. Get maybe 5 hours. I wish the battery was hot-swappable. No kill-a-watt but might look into nabbing one.
(DIR) Post #9iaYARSjZC7PQpZ1pA by mjog@octodon.social
2019-05-08T03:57:01Z
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@sir I think this will fit your needs quite well: http://one.laptop.org/
(DIR) Post #9iaZP9hNzflqdWzsxc by 361.xj9@social.sunshinegardens.org
2019-05-08T04:11:12.577564Z
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@sir the keyboard is nice. idk how big the battery is off the top of my head, but i can get a good 4h of dev work out of it.
(DIR) Post #9iamd84C9p4926ewb2 by amenthes@chaos.social
2019-05-08T06:39:09Z
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@sir @puresick depends, obviously, but I'm mostly happy with my ThinkPad T480. I would have loved to get the smaller X280, but the removed all the thing I cared about/(Ports, mostly)
(DIR) Post #9ibQ1Kv3v45m3bvBoG by robjloranger@mastodon.technology
2019-05-08T14:00:27Z
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@sirI love my xps, with the 13 running something like sway I got 14-16 hrs coding with light internet. That's SD display, the higher red with touch uses more.
(DIR) Post #9ibYcS7IvCOmjArBIW by BalooUriza@meow.social
2019-05-08T15:36:50Z
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@sir ThinkPad, particularly the T series, is usually a reliable choice.