I just upgraded my laptop for the first time in ~8 years. I went from a ThinkPad T430 to a System76 Darter Pro. I wrote up my thoughts on the laptop and my experience installing Archlinux on it: https://blog.burntsushi.net/system76-darter-archlinux/ …
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Replying to @burntsushi5
Great writeup! Why was NVIDIA a "hard pass" for you during your search for a next laptop?
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Replying to @realsmbear
Because Linux and nvidia don't mix well. A web search should help there. Plus I've heard too many horror stories about bumblebee being needed on laptops.
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Replying to @burntsushi5 @realsmbear
Give it a try to Pop_OS! it is really good :). Works out of the box, power management is

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Replying to @goyox86 @realsmbear
It's not rolling release. That's a deal breaker. Sorry.
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I'm not quite sure what kind of release it is. They have major releases but also they keep some packages, like vscode, continually up to date.
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I'm sure Pop!_OS is nice. As i mentioned, if i were an ubuntu user, then i would consider using it. Arch just has way too many other advantages (like rolling release) to give it up. No need to dig into this on twitter. Sorry.
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Replying to @burntsushi5 @jntrnr and
Interesting to see you seek out intel specifically. I’ve been waiting to see if any good AMD laptops pop up. Wouldn’t mind one of the newer ryzen chips on the x1 Carbon
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Replying to @papertigerss @jntrnr and
I use Intel for everything. Heard bad things about AMD chips and battery life. Would rather stick with what I know works well.
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Replying to @burntsushi5 @jntrnr and
Interesting, haven’t done much research myself but that makes sense.
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Yes. Buying a laptop to run Linux is kind of a black art unfortunately. Choosing unwisely can be a major time sink. So some part of it is invariably based on patchy guesswork. :-(
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