Just to share how awesome are the computers from System76 (and the team also).
A linux war machine at a fair price.

@irene ouch you broke my teeth! ;-)

In my opinion, the fair price is "under Apple price for the same gear inside".

And obviously, I won't compare a full tower with a laptop computer.

For a war machine I'd imagine an old Thonkpad, not something thin and light like this

@7400 you can even kill your PM with thinkpad too, two birds with a stone

@7400 Damn, I miss my good ol' T41 too but times are changing.

The one thing that kept me from getting one is that the touchpad doesn't seem to be clickable, is it or do you have to use the buttons ?

@Hallelouia by clickable, you mean it has a mechanical response like the buttons?

If so, no it's one piece with the rest of the frame.

@blt909 erf, non clickable touchpad is a deal breaker on my end it's just much more convenient IMO. Also these kind of touchpad feel old and cheap.

I've hope they update their laptops with more recent touchpads I wouldn't mind paying a supplement for it.

I currently in love of Pop! OS never tried the Laptop tho

@Hallelouia I can understand. I mostly don't use the touchpad, as I work on a desk with a mouse.

But, in a mobility usage, it could be fine.

@wowotek yeah! that's more than a simple ubuntu flavor

Looks like an Oryx Pro, which is what I have. They start around $1800, but I chose options on mine to push it to about $2850, shipped.

Gods, I hate the clickable touchpad on my new laptop. It needs a light touch to move the cursor but a heavy push to click. Having to do both with the same finger slows me down by at least 50%. And they never seem to work _quite_ right when you leave your thumb on the bottom and pretend it's not clickable.

Never mind the fact that holding my finger still while clicking it is nigh-impossible because of the difference in force.

@tullo-x86

Yeah, I'm happy to tap and scroll on the unclickable trackpad.

@bahua Yes it is, I didn't spend so much but I'm around $2000 shipped to Europe.

And it's still a far better option than getting a asus / lenovo / whatever ultrabook with stuff I won't use and maybe won't work correctly on linux

@bahua yeah I think tap-to-click is the only modern solution! More polite, also.

@markie-tee @bahua I like to have physical/mechanical feedback that I clicked.

And clicking should be an added feature, it shouldn't change the tapping behaviours.

I think I know you :D #hosco

"fair price" ookkaaaaaaayyyyyy...

@notlikethis

Absolutely love it. I have a brand new MacBook Pro for work as well, and the Oryx just competely runs circles around it.

@zarazas it seems yes ;-)

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