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What laptop do you use/recommend? (lemmy.org)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Looking to upgrade from an old Latitude, curious as to what mobile hardware you folks use for writing your open source projects?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I use a NovaCustom laptop. As far as I know these are the highest end laptops that work with a Linux-libre system. I was interested in the Framework 13 (which I think can accommodate a Linux-libre friendly wifi card) but it's too small for my tastes, however a Framework 16 with an Intel CPU would be ideal if/when it comes out, though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I'm curious why you want an intel cpu over an amd one

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

In my experience Intel graphics have better compatibility with Linux-libre. I'm unsure about Linux-libre on AMD; according to at least one report it requires firmware blobs, which I'd rather avoid.

(I'm aware that firmware blobs are unavoidable with modern-ish hardware but I'd prefer to avoid as many of them as possible)