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2017 Phoronix Linux Laptop Survey Results

posted by martyb on Sunday July 09 2017, @09:06AM   Printer-friendly
from the survivor-bias? dept.

canopic jug writes:

After a two week survey period, Phoronix has published the results from their inaugural Linux Laptop Survey. There were 30,171 responses and while there may be some additional follow-up articles in the days/weeks ahead, the initial review has been published. One goal of the survey was to gather feedback about the current state of GNU/Linux hardware compatibility. Overall the situation is better than it was even a few years ago, but there are still many problems here and there. The situation is summed up in two pages, complete with diagrams, over at Phoronix.

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  • (Score: 2) by moondrake on Sunday July 09 2017, @03:38PM (2 children)

    by moondrake (2658) on Sunday July 09 2017, @03:38PM (#536840)

    Of course the results are skewed to linux users, so perhaps 10% is not too bad. Doesn't Dell off their XPS series everywhere?

    But I was annoyed at the limited amount of choices in the survey. For example: I do not care at all for a default linux installed on my machines, but I heavily prefer it comes without windows (I am not going to use it anyway). So I always try to find either something with linux installed, or no-os/freedos as you say.

    This has proven to be not that hard as my favorite laptops are easy to get without OS (thinkpads, even though Lenovo has not really been a positive effect [a square powerconnector on the *side*? Keyboard layouts, trackpad buttons, serviceability, etc etc], I think the hardware is still better than the competition, and linux support is generally good).

     

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  • (Score: 2) by Absolutely.Geek on Sunday July 09 2017, @07:49PM (1 child)

    by Absolutely.Geek (5328) on Sunday July 09 2017, @07:49PM (#536893)

    While the XPS series is available in NZ you cannot get it pre-loaded with Linux; because f*%$ you thats why! For absolutely no reason XPS dev edition doesn't ship to NZ.

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    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Absolutely.Geek on Sunday July 09 2017, @07:54PM

      by Absolutely.Geek (5328) on Sunday July 09 2017, @07:54PM (#536897)

      Further to the above; there are no laptops available in NZ with "no-OS" as an option.

      So I ordered a System 76 Oryx Pro earlier this year. Great machine and support; but had to import it and pay extra taxes and expensive shipping....

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