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Three years with a Lemur Pro (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by Wasabimiester@alien.top to c/system76@hardware.watch

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Aside from the lousy speakers and the occasional bounce keys, I have to say the Lemur Pro may be my favorite laptop I have owned (I used MacBook Pros for a long time).

I ended up switching to Arch with KDE, but hardware-wise it's a solid machine. And I appreciate the technical support I've received (minor issues). I love the battery life on this thing.

I also appreciate: easy to swap SSDs, easily replaced battery, a keyboard and track pad that work just fine, and again: tech support. I know some people who have issues with sleep on Lenovo laptops running Linux; this has absolutely never been an issue on the Lemur Pro. Works perfectly for me.

I'll probably run this thing for another three years.

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[–] doa70@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

About moving to Arch, I have a Mira on order and I'm strongly considering not using Pop for very long after playing it in a VM for a week or so. I don't care for the “bubble gum” look and feel, and this will be my work machine so I'm looking elsewhere.

I don't think Arch would be good for a work machine, although I enjoy using Arch on my personal gear.

Was it something about Pop that made you switch?

[–] Wasabimiester@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Was it something about Pop that made you switch?

No, I just wanted something that was closer to the philosophy of FreeBSD. I consider FreeBSD the OS that god uses. 😄

I could just as easily have installed Arch with GNOME.

I really don't have issues with Pop_OS. It's fine. I just prefer KDE. And I wanted an OS that wasn't based on Ubuntu. (I know people who have worked at Canonical and just ... I have heard horror stories). I don't trust Canonical.

I think for a newbie to Linux there is nothing to complain about with Pop_OS. It worked just fine for me for about two years. I just wanted to move to Arch and it has been pretty much painless.

Gotta love the freedom of choice in the Linux world.