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System76’s Lemur Pro Laptop Is Just a Really Nice Linux Laptop (www.wired.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The System76 Lemur Pro is light, thin, repairable, and upgradeable. It’s the best Linux laptop we’ve tested.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

1920×1080 FH

Not 2k. Not 16:9. Probably doesn’t even cover DCI-P3 or decent color accuracy. Folks are gonna keep thinking Linux is a geeks-only thing if you have terrible panel that’s bad for content creation.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago (1 children)

1920×1080 FH

Not 2k. Not 16:9.

How isn't that 19:9?

And QHD isn't really necessary on a laptop imo.

I still won't buy it though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I have had 1080, 4k, & 2k laptops in my life. 1080 text is blurry. 4k is obviously overkill wasting battery on pixels you can’t see. 2k has crisp text without so much wasted density & you have to get unreasonably close to the panel to tell the difference.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

1080p is 2k. From Wikipedia: "2K resolution is a generic term for display devices or content having a horizontal resolution of approximately 2,000 pixels.[1] In the movie projection industry, Digital Cinema Initiatives is the dominant standard for 2K output and defines a 2K format with a resolution of 2048 × 1080.[2][3] For television and consumer media, 1920 × 1080 is the most common 2K resolution, but this is normally referred to as 1080p." (emphasis mine)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

You are correct.

I meant “2.8K (2880 × 1800)” or thereabouts but misremembered the naming.