I've heard good things about the MNT pocket reform.
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I was just about to comment this lol
I miss my eeePC
I just put DSL2024 on mine a few months ago, it works okay lol. Can't do much more than use the terminal or edit text but it's pretty fun to use the old hardware again. My only complaint is the zero key sticks.
They were nice little machines, but I don't miss the keyboard.
Keyboard was better than my phone soft keyboard.
I gave it up due to the processor. I think it only had one core?
At first! The earliest Eee PC had an Atom N270, but I upgraded to one with an Atom 330 later. Two cores, baby!
Even the processor (I had the luck of 64bit) was ok for it's time with great battery life of up to 12 hours. But the lack of disk space and RAM (only 2GB) sadly prevented further updates.
I don't know why we can't squeeze 64 GB of RAM and a 2TB SSD in the same form factor today :(
I have a HP dragonfly g2, 11th gen Intel i5, 16gb of ram, 2.1 lbs, 13” and everything including tent mode works on fedora. I got it on eBay for $275.
Did yours overheat really badly? My 11th gen i5 pavilion did. Repaste, everything. Just ran super hot on battery. It'd kick on the fan and goodbye battery
I haven’t had that issue, and the battery life has been really good for me doing general things. Compiling hits it hard.
I use a Samsung Tab 9. Then supplement with a server running VSCode-server and other things. I would prefer Linux, and sometimes use TermuxX11, but it was the best I could come up with.
Or use a mi pad 5 with linux for coding on the device. The geekbench score is comparable to a thinkpad t480. (this)
So you do all your coding on your tablet?
Usually on my desktop connected to vscode-server, but when I'm remote, yes.
in my experience Linux works on any laptop i put it on
buy what you want and give it a go!
Not entirely true. Fingerprint scanner doesn't work on my Lenovo thinkbook 14s yoga, for example. And lenovos are known for their Linux friendliness.
good point
the novelty touchpad/numpad combo device on my asus thing also doesn't work but i'm fine with that
so i guess if you have specific device requirements from the laptop, make sure they do work before buying
X1 Nano:
- narrower than the old 11.6 laptops and slightly taller.
- Higher than 1080 screen due to the taller ratio.
- IPS display
- 0.97kg without charger.
- Thinkpad keyboard and track point.
- strong Linux support
Here is the PSREF for the first generation. They are up to Gen 3 of this line now.
Thinkpad X280?
LENOVO ThinkPad X280 12.5 LCD Ultrabook - Intel Core i5 (8th Gen) i5-8250U Quad-core (4 Core) 1.60 GHz - 8 GB DDR4 SDRAM - 256 GB SSD - Windows 10 Pro 64-bit (English) - (Renewed) Title https://a.co/d/4ylP22d
Latitude 5290 has the same CPU and upgradability of a t480, but no trackpoint. Build quality is great (from my experience) and it's under 200€ used.
Yeah I just saw some people on Reddit recommended this one. Checks all the boxes except for weight, but a very good option anyway. Thanks.
Fwiw I used to daily an x210 and then an x230 in IT and pretty frequently typed with one hand while carrying with another without the weight bugging me but your mileage may vary.
You can definitely send them flying and not damage them my coworker launched theirs across the office and the bezel just snapped back together.
I have a T480 now since I do more dev work and needed a slightly bigger keyboard/screen and it's phenomenal with Qubes and 48gb of memory on the quad core i5. Love the ease to repair I just swapped a motherboard on it in around 30 minutes and was back up and running
Do your research, but if you can tolerate 13” diagonal screen, the retina intel macbook airs are cheap.
Do you have needs other than Linux compatibility, size and weight and screen resolution?
I need enough RAM since I open too many browser tabs. I also edit 1080p video occasionally.
You can get em with 16gb of ram. They were all 8th gen or tenth gen intel processors and the 8th gen and up igpus shred 1080 in my experience. I use a laptop with an 8th gen to stream several sources at once.
The only issue you’re gonna run into is storage, but I use external or networked storage for everything anyways.
Your best bet is an Intel Macbook Air with 11.6" screen from a few years ago. They're even lighter and smaller than the current macbook airs. I have one myself running Linux Mint 22. Just make sure it has 8 GB of RAM (it works with 4 GB too, but you can't have too many tabs open). They sell for $200 refurbished.
Hey, that sounds very interesting. It's there anything not working as it should work that hw/sw combo?
It usually all works except the wifi in some models. The driver exists, and it's an available download in the official repos (just not in live cds, due to licensing), as long as you have a usb-to-ethernet adapter to install it. However, with Mint 22 I noticed that the wifi driver was finally included in the kernel and livecd by default.
Thanks. Which model/year do you have?
I have the mid-2011 model, but that one has only 4 GB RAM. For 8 GB RAM you need to get to 2014 model or so. As long as it's Macbook Air with 8 GB RAM and 11.6 screen, you're in business.
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