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What is the Best Laptop to develop with a Linux OS?

Exadra37

Exadra37

What is the Best Laptop to develop with a Linux OS?

I am a Linux user since 2012, more or less, and I always use Ubuntu on my computers, and my last 2 laptops have been used Thinkpads, where I installed Ubuntu alongside(dual-boot) the already installed Windows 10.

I am not a fan at all of lock in, thus Mac are not even slightly considered as an option, not even to swap the OS with Linux as I see some doing nowadays.

I am thinking in buying one with 32GB or 64GB RAM, with SSD in the motherboard slot, and maybe 4k screen resolution.

Now, I am curious to know what laptops exist that developers are using with a Linux OS for development purposes.

NOTE: You can also suggest anything that runs with Windows 10, because Ubuntu will run on it without any issues.

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jc00ke

jc00ke

Rubinius Core Team

I’ve had pretty good luck with Dell XPS 13s. My main complaint on this last rev of the 13" is that the Linux model is capped at 16GB. The consumer model goes up to 32GB and I don’t understand why.

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muelthe

muelthe

Latitude 5480 (16GB RAM) running Ubuntu for the last two years.

I can’t say it’s the best as it’s what I’ve been using since I started and have no means of objectively comparing experiences. However, no major issues with the exception that I had to disable the trackpad when the lid is closed. Other than that it’s done well and I hope it continues to do so.

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AstonJ

AstonJ

Seems like a good article:

  1. Dell XPS 13 7390
  2. System76 Serval WS
  3. Purism Librem 13
  4. System76 Oryx Pro
  5. System76 Galago Pro

Told you Dell seem to be popular :see_no_evil:

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