Re: Advice on lightweight laptops for Linux (of course)

2016-12-26 Thread Dan Yasny
I've been carrying an X1 around for a couple of years now. The battery life is great, Fedora support is great, weight and convenience is quite good, except the keyboard is a bit on the weird side when it comes to the function keys and the missing insert key, but I've learned to live with that. The

Re: Advice on lightweight laptops for Linux (of course)

2016-12-26 Thread Michael Shiloh
Thanks Eli, What kind of laptop do you use? Michael On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 2:30 PM, E.S. Rosenberg wrote: > Ever since getting my current laptop that weighs ~1.5kg I said I will > never get anything heavier again, it's something you can't return > from. > > Thin and light devices (like the

Re: Advice on lightweight laptops for Linux (of course)

2016-12-26 Thread E.S. Rosenberg
Ever since getting my current laptop that weighs ~1.5kg I said I will never get anything heavier again, it's something you can't return from. Thin and light devices (like the X1 and the T460S) tend to not be very upgradeable, it's a price you pay for thin & light... the SSD is most likely upgr

Advice on lightweight laptops for Linux (of course)

2016-12-26 Thread Michael Shiloh
Hello everyone, I hope everyone is enjoying a very happy Chanukah. You might recall about a year ago I raised the question of a powerful laptop for Linux. I settled on a Thinkpad W541 and I am thrilled with it ... except for the weight. As I travel more and don't need the power of the W541 all t