Works fine tbh, have not tried screen share, might be as wonky as the screen share in Discord, so with Wayland, just black screen or no window sharing.
You have a very sizable list of requirements, so honestly I wouldnât think itâs feasible just moving over to Linux and dropping Windows in one go. I donât think anyone can give you a definitive YES or NO for each of your use cases with maybe few exceptions (like browsers and such).
My advice from personal experience (as an enthusiast, not expert or computer scientist) is to do it in stages, pick hardware that has good Linux support and have an alternative when things donât work and you canât fix it fast enough.
Try and move workflows over one by one and see how things goâŚ
I think OP will have a poor time right now switching over everything he wants. Some is possible out of box, some is possible with some or a lot of tweaking, and some just requires too much relearning to be feasible in the short term. Like I said before, start with setting up a Linux machine and gradually move your work over to the Linux machine. Donât try to eat the proverbial elephant in a single bite.
Thank you very much
I was quite overwhelmed by the content of the answers really.
@lesser thank you for helping on the app specifics
@lurk3r thank you very much for helping me verify if the slimbook option for my slightly phased migration⌠especially since I actually have a need for a lightweight and powerful laptop.
I recognize that learning will take time, and probably âhurt a bitâ. I am not against actually. Itâs more, change is scary, even if I acknowledge it. So I am looking for items I can use to chip out pieces of the fear and anxiety of the monstrous sized change. The more items that I rely on being painless, or minorly painful the less the fear. Its also just the fear of not being able to work/do critical items when I need to lolol.
Anyway.
Would the following be a source of issues if the laptop has Thunderbolt 4 (I know its fine on Windows and MacOS, I assume here too, but just in case)
Thunderbolt 3 dock for connection to two 27" monitors
Also would the following be an issue with either Linux or maybe the hardware of the Slimbook Executive (I assume not, but just double checking)
Have a large USB hub with 10 ports that connects several other devices to laptop, and also charges them
the 16" has a smaller battery than the 14".
The Storage model from Tuxedo is less than the 16" but otherwise same hardware. Both are 14" but have a dedicated graphics card, being nVidia. I would not suggest to walk that road.
Having found something that wonât be inducing headaches, might be still be handicapped by the only 16GB of ram and 4 USB ports at 10GBps which, if my calculations are to be trusted enough to run an USB hub for atleast 3 screens and some other peripherals.
But overall this could be the best found so far, depending on the configuration you find; it is a 16:9 screen âthin n lightâ. It can have up to 64GB ram and has 4 USB 20GBps ports which definitely should suffice. And a big 82Whr battery being bigger than the 16" and the Tuxedoâs.
On the topic of USB4, which I find bothering, but still needed to be addressed:
Few more markings that you can decipher
The battery means âPower Delivery:tm:â which should enable your laptop to get power through the port.
The computer world is really cool in the way that you can almost do any combination. Sadly sometimes combinations like adding an integrated graphics expansion card is not properly supported after the CPU but mostly almost anything works. And be sure always to ask for a free return if the laptop doesnât work with the peripherals. One time I had a laptop that couldnât boot off my USB that I needed for school, I already had installed Linux on it but they still took the return.
I just acquired a Lenovo Thinkpad X13 Gen 3 AMD setup. It is the beeâs knees. Everything works with the Linux kernel out the gate as long as you are on kernel 5.18. If you plan on gaming and donât want a discreet GPU, an all AMD build is the way to go. For that, I recommend a Thinkpad T series Gen 3 with AMD. I donât know if you need a 16 inch or not. I like smaller laptops because I have a desktop for heavy lifting and prolong productivity.
If you need a 16 inch and need the option for discreet GPU, then I would recommend the Thinkpad Z16. You can get it with an nVidia 3070 mobile card. There are also P series options as well. My bias is that if you come from the world of thinkpads, stick with thinkpads. The Linux support is good enough for most people and all major things are supported. The Gen 3 AMD X13 and T14s both have USB4.TB3 support and can be plugged into docks or external GPUs.
Now if you want to support a Linux first company then my recommendations are Tuxedo or System76. I have bought many a kit from System76. The cost of Tuxedo gear is pretty expensive to ship here to the USA.
Tuxedo are Clevo rebrands in most if not all cases so you might just go for a Clevo branded from the start.
If youâre in Europe you can find GigaByte U4 series with i5 CPUs for less than 500 EUR occationally which is a steal and itâs a Clevo L140MU rebrand.
Are clevo rebrands purely cosmetic? Do the brands do something with their own optimization and custom circuitry and other things to differentiate themselves with other rebrands? Will drivers work across the rebrands?
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