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You can keep using GitHub but automatically sync your GitHub releases to SourceForge quickly and easily with this tool so your projects have a backup location, and get your project in front of SourceForge's nearly 30 million monthly users. It takes less than a minute. Get new users downloading your project releases today! x 163990312 story Linux Hardware Six Ground-Breaking New Linux Laptops Released in the Last Two Weeks (beehiiv.com) 24 Posted by EditorDavid on Sunday July 10, 2022 @04:21PM from the living-Linux dept. In the last two weeks six new Linux laptops have hit the market (or were announced). "The Linux hardware scene is getting better by the day," writes the site FOSS Weekly: * Star Labs teases its new StarFighter Linux Laptop with a 4K (10-bit IPS) display. * MNT Research introduces a "more affordable" 7-inch mini Linux laptop, the MNT Pocket Reform. * KDE's Slimbook 4 is here with AMD Ryzen 7 5700U processor and a better battery, starting from $1,000. "Buying from Slimbook supports KDE development too," notes Gaming on Linux, adding that there's a choice of 14 or 15.6 inch displays. * TUXEDO's Pulse 15 -- Gen2 (also with an AMD Ryzen 7 5700U processor) has a 15-inch HiDPI WQHD 165Hz display, along with eight cores and 16 threads. (And the Register notes its twin cooling fans, "allowing them to overclock the chip and run it at 35W," and a choice of distros.) * Pre-orders have opened for the Roma -- the first RISC-V Laptop (which may ship in September). Ars Technica reports they're offering "free Silicon upgrades" -- that is free system-on-a-chip and system-on-module upgrades for its quad-core RISC-V CPU. And there's also a companion NPU/GPU, notes a blog post at RISCV.org, "for the fastest, seamless RISC-V native software development available." (As well as "early access to next-generation laptop and accessory upgrades at generous discounts or for free.") 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Close Close Search 24 Comments Log In/Create an Account Comments Filter: * All * Insightful * Informative * Interesting * Funny The Fine Print: The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. We are not responsible for them in any way. * + * Good news, everybody! (Score:2) by Petersko ( 564140 ) writes: Okay, so I picked the Tuxedo model for no particular reason. Other than a penguin on what would have been the windows key, nothing seems particularly ground breaking. Except... - no disclaimers about limited support for linux - pretty reasonable documentation base - decent job of handling the driver ecosystem - no immediate red flags Seems like an honest effort to create a decent user experience. In fact, the best thing I can say about it is that it appears... routine. And that's not just fine - it's preferable. + + Re: (Score:2) by fahrbot-bot ( 874524 ) writes: Okay, so I picked the Tuxedo model for no particular reason. ... Ya, but can their specs be trusted. Just look at the screenshot on their page [tuxedocomputers.com] (center, right). They've simply hard-coded the specs: var highres_screen = true; var highly_efficient_AMD_Ryzen = true; var huge_battery = true; var quiet_cooling = true; var UBC-C_with_DisplayPort = true; Who knows what's really in that thing! :-) o o Re: (Score:2) by bill_mcgonigle ( 4333 ) * writes: Static site generators are great. # + Re: (Score:2) by bill_mcgonigle ( 4333 ) * writes: It looks really great and then they went and made a bizzaro keyboard layout with the enter key all wrong and who knows where pipe and backslash went. They're trying to make us keyboard warriors crazy. o * Even with laptops (Score:2) by theshowmecanuck ( 703852 ) writes: Even with laptops Linux geeks that can't work together to create one or two really good distributions that work, and everything is bulletproof and doesn't need users to tweak configuration files, they have to make a multitude of laptops that are all 70% and are a pain in the ass to use. + + MOD parent UP: Create a good Linux distribution. (Score:2) by Futurepower(R) ( 558542 ) writes: MANY problems: Users must tweak configuration files and deal with other variations in distributions. o + Re: (Score:3) by youngone ( 975102 ) writes: If you're having to "tweak configuration files" you either live in 1998 or you're doing it wrong. There are dozens of "really good distributions that work". Pick one. o * They are all subpar (Score:2) by metrix007 ( 200091 ) writes: Why choose subpar hardware? Linux support for most laptops hasn't been an issue, and it isn't enough of an issue to buy from these companies most of which have no real track record. Why not just get better hardware from a more establish company? Something like the Asus ExpertBook (24 hour battery, weighs less than a pound, charges with a USB-C cable only (no block), built in display port/hdmi/ethernet etc) or one of the smaller Dell XPS models? To support Linux? Linux is fine. Don't confuse "supporting linux" + + Re: (Score:2) by backslashdot ( 95548 ) writes: Exactly, the price is jacked up higher than if it had Windows. o o Re: (Score:3) by Entrope ( 68843 ) writes: Economies of scale are a thing, both for NRE and recurring costs. A huge company like Dell or HP or Lenovo can churn out a new laptop by consulting hundreds of similar designs they've done in the past, and then order parts in thousand-unit and larger quantities. A boutique builder, whether they're Linux-based or have any other specialty, can't do either of those things. # + Re: (Score:2) by markdavis ( 642305 ) writes: >"Why not just get better hardware from a more establish company? Something like the Asus ExpertBook (24 hour battery, weighs less than a pound, charges with a USB-C cable only (no block), built in display port/hdmi/ethernet etc) ?" Because you don't know if it can or will work properly under Linux when you get it. For example, I just looked at that Asus ExpertBook B1. Asus doesn't mention or list Linux anywhere. I would be forced to subsidize Microsoft and yet no know if the touchpad work right? WiF o o Re: (Score:2) by Bert64 ( 520050 ) writes: To make matters worse, you often won't get detailed specs... Eg you will be told "802.11ax wifi" but not what chipset it uses, and the manufacturer might change the chipset for each batch so two laptops with the part number can have two different chipsets for a specific component. Different models of component are not directly equivalent. Some don't have linux drivers, some have unreliable drivers even for windows, some are unreliable or buggy at the hardware level, performance varies, power consumption vari # * Linux laptop (Score:3) by backslashdot ( 95548 ) writes: on Sunday July 10, 2022 @04:54PM (#62691330) What the heck is a "Linux laptop"? Every laptop is a Linux laptop, you just have to install it. A few clicks and it takes 20 minutes in the worst case. Reply to This Share twitter facebook Share on Google+ Flag as Inappropriate + + Re: (Score:2) by bill_mcgonigle ( 4333 ) * writes: Ah, you've never been the first to get a laptop's hardware fully working under Linux and had to send the patches upstream. Days usually, if the drivers even exist for the chipsets and no blobs are required. On the other hand, most two year old laptops are just fine and a great value. Because someone else has done the work. When HP tests their hardware with linux and advertises it that way, then you'll know it's a linux laptop. o + Re: (Score:2) by ArchieBunker ( 132337 ) writes: Quit being a contrary cunt. We all know what the subject means. o * But do any have touch screens? (Score:2) by viniosity ( 592905 ) writes: I've been using linux on an HP Dragonfly Elite and the touch screen support from Gnome is pretty impressive. I don't think I'd want to go back to a non-touchscreen environment so have been keeping an eye out for one. So far, I haven't found one. The HP Dev One looked great but again, they neglected to include it. + + Re:But do any have touch screens? (Score:4, Insightful) by XanC ( 644172 ) writes: on Sunday July 10, 2022 @05:05PM ( #62691370) Why do you want to get fingerprints all over the thing you look at all day long? And doesn't the act of touching put your fingers themselves in the way of what you're seeing? Reply to This Parent Share twitter facebook Share on Google+ Flag as Inappropriate o o # o Re: (Score:2) by 93 Escort Wagon ( 326346 ) writes: For most use cases I really don't get the appeal of touchscreen laptops. I remember when touchscreens started becoming common in the Windows world. I'd watch people using them - they'd be working fairly quickly with their keyboard and trackpad, then it was as if they shifted into slow motion whenever they had to reach out for a target on the screen. Maybe it makes sense on a convertible laptop; but in general it's hard to see how the touchscreen is preferable to clicking with the trackpad. # o Re: (Score:2) by DamnOregonian ( 963763 ) writes: I'm in the same boat. Every laptop I've purchased (minus my new Macs) have had touchscreens. I've never really mastered any kind of functional workflow with them. Then again, I'm a systems/network/software engineer, so it may merely be that no such workflow can exist for my work... But one thing I've learned, is that a lot of evil happens in the world of desktop development because people think they know the best workflow for everyone else. So I say keep adding those touchscreens. If they're functional for # o 1 reply beneath your current threshold. + Re: (Score:2) by ArchieBunker ( 132337 ) writes: That's one of the first things I disable on laptops. o * Why? (Score:2) by CaptainLugnuts ( 2594663 ) writes: Why are they releasing new laptops with AMD's 2021 CPUs in them? The 6000 series started shipping (in tiny quantities) in Feb and are now getting wider releases. There's nothing wrong with the 5000 series CPUs, it's just kind of dumb to not use the latest tech that's significantly more power efficient for "high end" laptops. + * Think of the potential profits! (Score:2) by hdyoung ( 5182939 ) writes: 6 new models competing for the massive linux laptop market. Why, this year, it's projected that at least 750 people worldwide will buy linux laptops. Clearly the next big thing that all the crypto bros should pile into. + * 1 reply beneath your current threshold. * There may be more comments in this discussion. Without JavaScript enabled, you might want to turn on Classic Discussion System in your preferences instead. 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