Linux @programming.dev Sunshine (she/her) @lemmy.ca 2 days ago

FRAMEWORK 16: an almost perfect Linux laptop

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It's no t420, but... it'll do. sigh I guess.
- bro get a w520 it's almost the same but bigger and with a discrete gpu, and a fingerprint reader that works on linux.
  
  I'd rather wait for the t1000 to come out.
Wish this wasn't a video
- Someone made great content. They put in the time and effort, they chose a non-Google platform, they even posted it in multiple Fediverse platforms.
  
  What's more, the entire video content, with timestamps, is readable in-description, because they must have realized people like yourself prefer that sometimes, you just didn't take the time to look.
  
  Maybe you should write some long-form articles yourself?
  
  What’s more, the entire video content, with timestamps, is readable in-description, because they must have realized people like yourself prefer that sometimes, you just didn’t take the time to look.
  
  The full description is hidden by default in the link to the video above. To expand it, you have to click on "Show More", but the only text that is visible is:
  
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  I do write articles about things I'm passionate about, thanks.
- Hard agree
I hear these suck. No battery life and bad cooling.
- I don't know if this was true at some point, but this is definitely a false statement today.
  
  I have a Framework 16 w/o dGPU and it is perfect. It has long battery life, awesome performance, and has no thermal issues at all. Then there's all the features which I don't think I need to get into here. But I will call out support for lvfs/fwupdmgr; it's great and in line with what I have seen with Dell and Lenovo.
  
  This is my forever laptop
  
  Good to know!
- They have their shortcomings but it's all worth it to have pro-sumer hardware, in my opinion. I just can't bear to give my money to consumer-hostile companies anymore.
  
  True, that’s why I mostly buy used. I can’t see myself buying any electronic new except for important main computer or server parts
- There's plenty of cooling capability. This thing has two fans that can get to sounding like a jet engine if it gets that hot. And it's ventilated enough that it actually cools it down.
  
  If anything, it's loud as hell under heavy load, but cooling isn't a problem either.
  
  So in short, they do not suck so much as blow?
  
  If it's loud as hell, doesn't that mean cooling IS a problem? You shouldn't need twin jet engines to cool a laptop.
- Mine is awesome
  
  Battery life was shit at the start, but now it's pretty reasonable. Can't tell for sure what the difference is. I'm just starting to investigate again, after all the pre Christmas stress is over
  
  I use mine almost entirely plugged in (with the 80% battery limiter on in the BIOS)... Any idea if I'm killing the battery life by doing this?

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