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    Linux laptop recommendation thread🐧💻 (lemmy.world)
    submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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    I'm on the market to buy a new laptop, and Lemmy has successfully coaxed and goaded me to give Linux a serious try.

    I've never used *nix as my personal OS.

    Which hardware/laptop do you recommend? And which OS to pair it with for a Linux newbie?

    I'm a software engineer, and quit my job to pursue an MSc in AI. So my uses will be:

    • programming
    • study
    • browsing lemmy
    • gaming
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    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    I've run Linux on the T410, T520, P50, P51, X1g2, X1g5, X1 Yoga, and p16s, all when those laptops were new. Sometimes the wifi was hard to configure, or the fingerprint scanner didn't work, or the wwan card wasn't supported, or the power states where fucky and drained the battery, but that was in it's way all part of the fun.

    It's definitely gotten easier over time to run Linux on new hardware and I'll pick a Thinkpad for the job every time. I use a modern Thinkpad with linux for work every day.