So I've been breaking in my new Linux-powered laptop these past few days! Super happy with this sleek little machine so far -- here are some first impressions (also posted on Twitter in a more character limited way):
- As far as having everything "just work" right out of the box (my main motivation for going with System76 + Pop!_OS coming from a Mac background): so far so good! The biggest inconvenience I've run into so far was needing to install ffmpeg in order to get gifs to play on Twitter.
- Learning curve wise: the keyboard threw me off a bit -- I've been so accustomed to the position of the "command" key for hotkey purposes on the Mac that the "ctrl" key felt like it was in the wrong place. (I spent a few days seeing if I could get used to this, but ended up giving up and just remapped the "alt" key instead.)
- And finally, the biggest surprise: I hadn't looked at the measurements closely and just sort of imagined that the Lemur Pro with a 14" screen would be slightly larger than my old 2012 MacBook with a 13" screen, but it turns out it's actually smaller (in addition to being much thinner and lighter):
I used to install ubuntu on my laptop I have to say using Linux is a journey of exploring. After two days I switched back into Windows because at that time I did not figure out how to switch language input effectively, (Chinese and English). I heard about the Xfce Desktop Environment is very fast and stable. If I switch back Linux again. I will be using Ubuntu 20.04+ Xfce,
The black laptop in the picture is made by DELL is that correct? I used to deal with a lot of DELL laptops in my job.
@Sphinx No sorry, it's not a Dell - the black laptop is actually from a company called System 76 that manufactures nice Linux laptops! The specific model is called the "Lemur Pro": https://system76.com/laptops/lemur
@devharts
Thank you for letting me know. I knew system 76 because of Pop!_OS :)