![]() ![]() I've installed Linux on a couple of budget computers and they worked fine. Dell used to be also very compatible, but paradoxically, the Dell XPS developer edition is marketing garbage (it's not very compatible as they claim). I remember IBM/Lenovo (Thinkpads) as always just working out of the box. At least the older machines should now have a good upstream support, in other words, everything working out of the box, with the exception of touch (Linux is just not there). It's "for tinkerers" on some hardware, and "fully mainstream" on other.Ĭhoosing a Microsoft laptop to use Linux is asking for trouble :) I had two of them, and Microsoft had this awful idea of the connected standby, which caused standby/suspend problems (power-hungry standby, which is a very serious problem on a laptop). I've been using Linux professionally for a decade, on many machines (desktop/laptop), and the compatibility is really hardware-dependent. ![]() With GNOME Shell adapting to mobile, this experience is only going to get better. It's nice to run the OS you know, be able to replicate the same experience on a small form factor device so that you can have it, when you need it, while also being able to use it as tablet - more and more touch friendly apps are available. Now on the "Why would anyone want this experience" point: I just love desktop Linux, and it's nice to have some full desktop Firefox or apps like rNote on a small, portable device. ![]() Works on the subway for me without fear or trouble so far. With the Surface Go 2 it's way less of an issue. I have had a Surface Pro 3 years ago, and with that device I would agree. Also, depending on the lifestyle and the devices one uses, a non working camera may not be an issue at all It's a pain point now, but may not be in a year or two. camera: Well, Microsoft was doing fancy stuff here and most distributions just don't support anything but UVC ( ) style webcams. Ubuntu and Fedora support it, if you choose a different distribution you may have to tinker, as evidenced in the post EFI is a bit difficult with distributions when Secure Boot is enabled. You can have a similarly bad experience with Linux on a laptop all these issues (except for virtual keyboard related ones) also occur there: ![]()
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