Help with laptop buying decision - eviltoast

I’m looking for a new work laptop and I’d like to jump to Linux at the same time. I was hoping to get some input from here because I’m still undecided!

Maybe some context first : the switch is not urgent. My current machine still works. I’d like to change it because of a few quirks and problems (for me) it has, it will find a happy owner afterwards. As for the job, I’m a dev (mostly Java and web). I need something that can run a few docker containers, multiple instances of intellij, but that’s pretty much it and it’s not a complicated requirement to fill. Also, I’m in Europe.

I’ve been looking mostly at Tuxedo and Framework, with a preference for the later 16 inch model.

Does anybody have experience with Linux support on the framework 16? With, for example, Fedora? Other than that, any recommendation / thing to pay attention to? I have some experience with Linux but it’s been a while since I’ve run it as a desktop os, and my knowledge has never been in depth, so any help will be greatly appreciated :)

  • BiggestBulb@kbin.run
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    10 months ago

    I don’t have any experience with Tuxedo or Framework, so I can’t really comment on those 😅

    I have definitely heard Lenovo ThinkPads are great though, and I’m currently rocking a Lenovo Legion Slim 7 which has been fantastic so far (albeit I JUST got it and I’m rolling Windows on it with WSL2 Debian, so not exactly a pure Linux experience).

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      10 months ago

      I have a Carbon X1 10th gen, and it is a beast. 32gb ram, and I swapped in a 2tb SSD. Running Arch on it and it’s pretty flawless.