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
    • Fred@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Second framework. The upgradeable is unmatched… Except if you want to go from the 13inch to 16inch.

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      1 year ago

      Framework seems nice but only 4 ports is a huge deal breaker.

    • jo3shmoo@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Another happy framework user. I have the AMD 13. The modularity allowed me to completely disassemble and clean/save the machine when my wife spilled an entire chai latte on a 1 week old computer. Fan can get a little loud, but the machine just works great and there’s a great community around it.