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
      17·
      10 months ago

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

    • CodeHead@lemmy.world
      7·
      10 months ago

      Framework

      This. It’s awesome. I have the i7-1165G7 and my son has the newer intel one. I prefer the smaller one but the larger one has a dedicated GPU. This is all you need… everything is replaceable. But pick the size you most likely need

    • jo3shmoo
      6·
      10 months 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.

      • Dehydrated@lemmy.world
        5·
        10 months ago

        I was so close to buying a Framework and put Linux on it, but unfortunately my job requires me to use macOS, so I got a MacBook. I read a lot about the noise caused by the single fan, but the I’d say it’s worth it for the modular ports.

        • alice_mac@lemmy.world
          2·
          10 months ago

          The MacBook’s are damn good though, so it’s not the end of the world for you.

          Plus with Asahi they are pretty close to being a decent Linux machine too.

          • Dehydrated@lemmy.world
            1·
            10 months ago

            The M3 Pro doesn’t support Asahi yet :(

            But I’m glad they got the HDMI output to work. I’m so excited for the release, I’m gonna install it as soon as it drops. I don’t necessarily need Thunderbolt, I just want some kind of video output. USB C display don’t work at this time. I also love their solution for audio: the speaker safety daemon as well as the audio preprocessor.

            I’m so excited, Asahi will be great, especially soon with KDE Plasma 6.

    • lud@lemm.ee
      3·
      10 months ago

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