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Has anyone tried https://system76.com/laptops/lemur https://system76.com/laptops/lemur ? Seems like a nice option and heard good things about PopOS

by gaboc4 6y ago

rytor718 6y ago
I haven't tried the Lemur but I have a Darter I bought this year. Surprisingly powerful and feather weight (which was the major reason I bought a laptop this year). It runs Pop OS which, surprised me again, is very convenient and a nice usability improvement on top of Ubuntu. Highly recommend.
- gaboc4 6y ago
  Thanks for the rec!
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qchris 6y ago
I don't have any experience with their hardware, but both of my personal computers run Pop!_OS. If you're looking for a distro in the Debian vein, and aren't hardcore Free software (I think they include drivers to play with proprietary hardware), it doesn't get much better. I don't see myself switching away from 20.04 in the next few years, at least.
encom 6y ago
Those and the Purism are super interesting, but useless if you don't want enUS keyboard layout.
fknriz 6y ago
I actually got a Lemur Pro for work, and I really love it. I had an XPS 13 2020 Dev Edition for about 2 months, and long story short, Dell support sucks, and we decided to return the device, and went with a Lemur Pro as the replacement. Pros: - Great battery life, I develop in typescript currently and am getting a full day of battery - Using a dock, I can get up to 3 displays, maybe four if I try with the on-board HDMI port - Charges with USB-C with up to 65W, so one cable for everything. - Full sized USB A ports for quick flash drive access - Typing on the keyboard is very solid (however I do have one con listed below) - Can turn off camera via software (with Pop_OS) - Linux from the get-go - Came packaged pretty well - Lots of goodies came along. Pins, stickers, etc. Not everyone will care but I thought it was a nice touch - Recyclable box, plastics, tc came in the packaging. - It's SUPER light - Good amount of customization in my opinion - Has another m.2 slot you can put your own or buy it configured and filled up Cons: - Regardless of configured RAM, first slot is always 8gb, so anything beyond 16gb total will always be non-dual-channel. Believe this is soldered. - Touchpad could be bigger - I believe the max brightness is something around 300 or 350 nits, which may cause issues when working outside, haven't had the opportunity to because of COVID - The keyboard has pg_up and pg_down on top of left and right keys, which is rather obnoxious and I wish they would have went with pg_up and pg_down for fn + arrow instead. - Possible con for people: SD card slot is only micro, not full sized - Only one USB-C port - No thunderbolt - Power button is unintuitive imo, but I'm nitpicking at this point - Compared to the dell, the bezels are a bit larger than I like, but again, nitpicking/doesn't really bother me
- gaboc4 6y ago
  Thanks for the awesome review I appreciate it

Has anyone tried https://system76.com/laptops/lemur https://system76.com/laptops/lemur ? Seems like a nice option and heard good things about PopOS

by gaboc4 6y ago

Has anyone tried https://system76.com/laptops/lemur https://system76.com/laptops/lemur ? Seems like a nice option and heard good things about PopOS

rytor718 6y ago

I haven't tried the Lemur but I have a Darter I bought this year. Surprisingly powerful and feather weight (which was the major reason I bought a laptop this year). It runs Pop OS which, surprised me again, is very convenient and a nice usability improvement on top of Ubuntu. Highly recommend.

gaboc4 6y ago
Thanks for the rec!

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qchris 6y ago

I don't have any experience with their hardware, but both of my personal computers run Pop!_OS. If you're looking for a distro in the Debian vein, and aren't hardcore Free software (I think they include drivers to play with proprietary hardware), it doesn't get much better. I don't see myself switching away from 20.04 in the next few years, at least.

encom 6y ago

Those and the Purism are super interesting, but useless if you don't want enUS keyboard layout.

fknriz 6y ago

I actually got a Lemur Pro for work, and I really love it. I had an XPS 13 2020 Dev Edition for about 2 months, and long story short, Dell support sucks, and we decided to return the device, and went with a Lemur Pro as the replacement. Pros: - Great battery life, I develop in typescript currently and am getting a full day of battery - Using a dock, I can get up to 3 displays, maybe four if I try with the on-board HDMI port - Charges with USB-C with up to 65W, so one cable for everything. - Full sized USB A ports for quick flash drive access - Typing on the keyboard is very solid (however I do have one con listed below) - Can turn off camera via software (with Pop_OS) - Linux from the get-go - Came packaged pretty well - Lots of goodies came along. Pins, stickers, etc. Not everyone will care but I thought it was a nice touch - Recyclable box, plastics, tc came in the packaging. - It's SUPER light - Good amount of customization in my opinion - Has another m.2 slot you can put your own or buy it configured and filled up Cons: - Regardless of configured RAM, first slot is always 8gb, so anything beyond 16gb total will always be non-dual-channel. Believe this is soldered. - Touchpad could be bigger - I believe the max brightness is something around 300 or 350 nits, which may cause issues when working outside, haven't had the opportunity to because of COVID - The keyboard has pg_up and pg_down on top of left and right keys, which is rather obnoxious and I wish they would have went with pg_up and pg_down for fn + arrow instead. - Possible con for people: SD card slot is only micro, not full sized - Only one USB-C port - No thunderbolt - Power button is unintuitive imo, but I'm nitpicking at this point - Compared to the dell, the bezels are a bit larger than I like, but again, nitpicking/doesn't really bother me

gaboc4 6y ago
Thanks for the awesome review I appreciate it