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Are newer thinkpads worth it over the framework laptop? (feddit.cl)

submitted 2 years ago by A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl to c/thinkpad@lemmy.ml

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The framework laptop promises to be an upgradeable and repairable laptop, not quite the same philosophy that makes thinkpads great, but I wonder if newer thinkpads are good enough to prefer over a framework.

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[–] Nuuskis9 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (5 children)

Lenovo has shot itself on the head since 2018. Take a look at System76 Virgo laptop as well. It will have these features:

trackpoint mouse
Open source Coreboot bios
Hot swappable mechanical keyboard keys
Fully open source (including motherboard)
All the schematics in Github
Up and down arrows not splitted in half

Louis Rossmann made a video about Virgo project: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4KoUAW3kyI&pp=ygUYTG91aXMgcm9zc21hbm4gc3lzdGVtIDc2

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I haven't used the System76 hardware, but their Pop!_OS distro of Linux is legit. It's the second best distro I've used, and the first best for beginners.

[–] A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'm a noob at Linux, is popos better than mint?

I installed Linux hoping to increase performance of my thinkpad to run games like cities skylines better.

[–] Nuuskis9 1 points 2 years ago

Pop_OS! gives you benefits. It encrypts your storage drive by default with 1 password including login (which is rare in Linux) and the Pop Store for software install&updates is fairly better.

Besides for those, they're pretty much equal and both uses xorg so far.

You can just format your usb stick with Ventoy2Disk and try Pop_OS! (or any Linux distro) in live mode without formatting or installing anything on your computer. With Ventoy, you just delete the .iso and drag new ones without re-formatting.

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