ObiApr 20, 2017
Terrible photo (I have no light in this room), but I love my new sticker. First one on this laptop @Gargron https://mastodon.cloud/media/NPeT961DmWzFgb5aCIs
Show threadUmur GedikApr 20, 2017
@Obi @Gargron which laptop are you using. I'm looking for a good Linux laptop in the manner of hardware compability. Prefer just open source drivers
Show threadObiApr 20, 2017
@umurgdk @Gargron Asus Zenbook (UX303 LA). I was always a Dell user, they always worked well for me with Linux, until I had driver/WiFi probs on the XPS13 Dev version (tried 2 of them), which is ironic lol. Literally no fever issues with the ZenBook, didn't even have to track any down, and this is the touchscreen model
Show threadUmur GedikApr 20, 2017
@Obi @Gargron so everything works smoothly with Linux including the touchscreen? You don't have to patch the kernel or something?
Show threadObiApr 20, 2017
@umurgdk @Gargron everything smooth, no problems at all. And that's a first for me with Linux in 10yrs. Note: I did have to boot UEFI Legacy when I briefly dual booted Win10, but that took about 6 secs. Also, I only run Debian distros (but Qubes worked fine with no tinkering too)
Show threadCSApr 20, 2017
@Obi @umurgdk I'm running Ubuntu on the latest XPS 13 model without any issues. Pretty much everything worked out-of-the-box, except for some scaling stuff (laptop has a HiDPI display) on external monitors.
Show threadObi
@cs @umurgdk which year was it? I heard from people on here the same, but they were the 2016 models, I went thru 2 Dev models but they were 2015. WiFi drivers (wifi worked fine when booting into Win. Put it on to see if it was the card or the drivers)
Apr 20, 2017 at 11:02pmWeb
Show threadCSApr 20, 2017
@Obi @umurgdk It's the XPS 13 9360 model (late 2016, I believe). I did read somewhere that they changed the wireless card in this model, so that would probably explain why wifi/bluetooth have improved since your 2015 model.
Show threadObiApr 20, 2017
@cs @umurgdk ahhhh, yeah, makes sense. Also, when adding 2 displays, it would crash the video card, which I actually expected, but I'm pleasantly surprised that this ZenBook handles it
Show threadUmur GedikApr 20, 2017
@Obi @cs both sounds really good from your experiences :) I will check prices for 16gb ram + 512 GB ssd. Thanks for the information 😊
Show threadUmur GedikApr 21, 2017
@cs @Obi one more question. Is your laptops includes discreete GPU like nvidia or amd? If so how is you experience about the gpu? is it possible to turn it off while using linux. It's nitce to have a GPU for gaming, and i have no intents to do ggaming on linux, so if it possible i would rather use GPU on windows and intel's gpu (only) in linux. do you think it is possible?
Show threadObiApr 21, 2017
@umurgdk @cs hmmmm, I'm in bed right now or I would check. I'm pretty sure it's just an Intel. I only say that because if it was NVIDIA, I would have destroyed it by now (or at least attempted to disable it). I will check tomorrow
Show threadUmur GedikApr 21, 2017
@Obi @cs thank you ^_^ btw zenbook 3 does have thunderbolt 3 or just usb-c 3?
Show threadObiApr 21, 2017
@cs @umurgdk usb3, yeah