Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.
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@scottalanmiller said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
@fuznutz04 said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
@JaredBusch So the experience is smooth with your hardware?
Before I jump ship, I need to get a list of software together that I use to just make sure it's available on Korora. Even if it's not, I'm sure there is an alternative. Most of the tools I use are web based anyway.
Are you looking for Fedora specific versions, or more generally available on any Linux based OS?
More so just Linux versions, as long as I can get them to work on Korora.
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@fuznutz04 said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
@scottalanmiller said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
@fuznutz04 said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
@JaredBusch So the experience is smooth with your hardware?
Before I jump ship, I need to get a list of software together that I use to just make sure it's available on Korora. Even if it's not, I'm sure there is an alternative. Most of the tools I use are web based anyway.
Are you looking for Fedora specific versions, or more generally available on any Linux based OS?
More so just Linux versions, as long as I can get them to work on Korora.
Gotcha. Korora runs nearly anything available on Linux. But if it isn't on Linux at all, that's harder.
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@scottalanmiller I use OneNote all day, every day. I suppose I could use OneNote online, but I don't like that experience as much.
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So I was really hoping to come up some exact make/models here, anyone got specific suggestions long this line?
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@fuznutz04 said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
@scottalanmiller I use OneNote all day, every day. I suppose I could use OneNote online, but I don't like that experience as much.
I think that Wine might help you there, maybe. But there is nothing native.
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@jrc said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
So I was really hoping to come up some exact make/models here, anyone got specific suggestions long this line?
I use an Asus RoG GL552V that runs Ubuntu 17.04 beautifully.
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@jrc Korora 25 Gnome, Fedora 25 Gnome, and Ubuntu works pretty well with my Dell Latitude 3440. Sticking with Dell or HP would be a good starting point.
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@black3dynamite said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
I've heard good things about those.
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That maybe the ticket. The Onyx has everything I'd want, for about the same price as the lower price 15" MBP, it just lacks Thunderbolt, which would mean my docking station is not going to work.
Do they make any decent USB 3.0 docking stations that can drive 2 displays (one 2560x1140, the other at 1080p) give me a few standard USB ports and an ethernet port?
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@black3dynamite said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
Really like those systems.
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@jrc I don't think so. This might help. http://www.displaylink.com/products/universal-docking-stations
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@JaredBusch said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
@JaredBusch said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
Why Ubuntu?
I almost never see serious projects that run on it. Most serious things run on the Fedora/RHEL line.
Could be my perspective is skewed, it it is what I see.
I did not say it in this post, but the reason I am on Korora on my desktop and laptop now is because all the stuff I do, outside of the Unifi controller, is on Fedora/RHEL.
So I wanted my desktop & laptop on Fedora/RHEL. I tested out straight Fedora with a desktop experience, and then tried Korora. Korora Cinnamon makes the desktop experience on Fedora smooth.
Honestly I've run a KVM/centos hypervisor to virtualize ubuntu VMs and I've managed it from an ubuntu machine for something like 1 year without issues.
I do not feel the RHEL/Fedora line really adequate for my desktop needs, as I do not feel ubuntu adequate for my server. I just mix. moving ASAP to the debian/ubuntu realm where I can.
I simply dislike the management sw of RHEL/Fedora. I feel at home with debian like distros.
Once, I tested opensuse from net install and it was quite interesting. way more in line with my taste than RHEL derived stuff (well, Fedora derived actually).
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@scottalanmiller in my experience wine has always been a PITA. I've given up with it long ago...
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@jrc said in Laptop Recommendations for Ubuntu 17 w/ Cinnamon UI.:
That maybe the ticket. The Onyx has everything I'd want, for about the same price as the lower price 15" MBP, it just lacks Thunderbolt, which would mean my docking station is not going to work.
Do they make any decent USB 3.0 docking stations that can drive 2 displays (one 2560x1140, the other at 1080p) give me a few standard USB ports and an ethernet port?
Last time I checked usb3 docks made use of a prorprietary driver unavailable to linux. Don't know if things have changed in last months.
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This is the laptop I am looking at getting, but I'm going very portable, so a small screen.
https://www.amazon.com/12-5-Inch-Ultraportable-i5-7200U-KabyLake-Fingerprint/dp/B01LHUA1NM
