I just did a fresh install in the past week-ish to migrate to KDE from GNOME, and wanted a fresh start.
ThinkPad T14 Gen 2 (AMD): Debian 12 with GNOME
Previously ran Pop!_OS with the development version of COSMIC DE. I wanted a Debian-based laptop to more closely reflect the Debian servers that I use to host my Wait Wait Stats stuff. I'm not going testing or unstable, since I don't run those on my servers.
Surface Pro 3: Fedora 40 (KDE spin)
I did a fresh install this week to clear out some of the lingering issues from an install of a pre-release version of the KDE spin of Fedora 40.
I initially wanted to see how FreeBSD would run on the Surface Pro 3, but I didn't want to tempt fate as I sometimes take the Surface with me on the go.
🦾 ARM / Snapdragon X Elite on laptops with Linux :linux:
Qualcomm has been working to upstream Linux support for this high-end "System on a Chip" device asset!
◉Snapdragon X Elite is a bit of a momentum for ARM powered processing
◉Upon success it'll disrupt the x86-processor (e.g. Intel dominated market)
◉One of ARM's benefits is great battery life
Dalton asks us when consumer computers peaked which stirs up a debate about various generations of XPS and ThinkPad laptops, trackpads vs trackpoints, P-cores and E-cores, and more. Plus follow-up on the devices and software we trust.
Latest photos of my laptops decorated with various stickers.
The 16-inch M1 Max MacBook Pro is my primary laptop, so it has collected a bunch of stickers.
The Surface Pro 3 is adorned with several Linux-related stickers, but also a Blahaj saying "Don't test me!", even though I use the Surface Pro 3 to test different things with Linux.
The Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 2 (AMD) has a Blahaj with flames behind it and Mona getting ready to stomp on a bug. I'm using that laptop to keep up with Pop!_OS and the new COSMIC DE.
The Lenovo ThinkPad T14 Gen 3 is my primary Linux laptop, so it's starting to collect more stickers. I'm waiting for a new set of Birdo stickers to add to it.