Morten Mosgaard

I’m looking at a laptop for #LinuxMusicproduction

Any advice?

The one I look at now is a refurbished Lenovo Thinkpad T580

Intel Core i7-8650U 1,9GHz processor
15,6″ Full HD
32 GB DDR4 RAM, 512 SSD
2GB NVIDIA GeForce MX150

I need for it to be quiet most of the time, since I often work site-specific and fan-noise is unwanted.

May 7, 2025 at 6:31pmWeb
Show threadMartin SchultzMay 7, 2025
@mosgaard What price do they want for that?
Show threadMorten MosgaardMay 7, 2025
@mshdk 3500 kr., but I saw it first 😂
Show threadMartin SchultzMay 7, 2025
@mosgaard sounds like a very good price :)
Show threadMorten MosgaardMay 7, 2025
@mshdk Yes, refurbished is really an awesome concept if you’re looking for a Linux computer.
Show threadKeen GraspMay 7, 2025
@mosgaard boosting because this is a subject i'm curious about as well. i have my DAW on a silent desktop but there are many times i wish i could do music stuff on a laptop (which I haven't tried in years now).
I remember wrangling with cpu-governor stuff trying to constrain the cpu to a low enough speed that the fan wouldn't turn on.
Show threadjacob ö+May 7, 2025
@mosgaard what kind of software is great for music production (composing and producent with pre-made samples). Do you have any recommendations?
Show threadMorten MosgaardMay 7, 2025
@anport There is plenty of good software right now. What platform? Linux?
Show threadjacob ö+May 7, 2025
@mosgaard yeah man, Linux 😃
Show threadMorten MosgaardMay 7, 2025

@anport Bitwig is running really well and is pretty awesome!

I’m hoping Studio One will do the same, as that’s what I use now on Mac. Studio one is in Beta for Linux right now.

Show threadJohn Rohde JensenMay 7, 2025
@mosgaard @anport Have you worked with Reaper on Linux?
Show threadMorten MosgaardMay 7, 2025
@johnrohde @anport no, never got started on reaper, and got too used to the workflow of Studio One and Ableton.
Show threadGary May 7, 2025
@mosgaard A Lenovo or Dell. I run Ubuntu (and bitwig) on a Dell and the hardware support is superb, it even gets firmware update for everything through the OS.
Show threadMorten MosgaardMay 7, 2025

@WiteWulf Wow, that do sound great!

And noise?

Show threadGary May 7, 2025
@mosgaard I barely ever hear the fan on mine (a Dell Latitiude 7300 i5), even when I’m pushing it. It’s a business ultrabook, so no GPU to speak of, which keeps the heat way down.