W dniu poniedziałek, 25 września 2017 13:34:13 UTC+2 użytkownik Sean Hunter 
napisał:
> I want to start by saying I really like this laptop so far and it works great 
> for me in qubes 4.0. I’m a (very) long term linux user but new to qubes. For 
> the last 5 years I have used a macBook pro as my primary computer for 
> personal and work, and am using this to replace that first for personal stuff 
> and dev projects and then hopefully soon for my main work also. I also didn’t 
> ever boot pureOs (their debian spin) so can’t comment on what that’s like. 
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> So a 15” mbp is my point of comparison and these are relatively minor issues 
> which don’t stop me from using the laptop for everything I need (so far):
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>               they added a numpad (that I don’t use) so you’re not centered 
> on the screen when you type and there are extra keys to the right of the 
> arrows. Annoying to me but many people wouldn’t notice or might even like the 
> numpad
>               It won’t boot qubes R3.2 for some reason so I have to run R4.0. 
> That’s fine for me although it means a somewhat rougher user experience as 
> it’s not super polished yet
>               The keys for screen brightness, volume etc are hooked up using 
> dark magic that doesn’t work in i3wm for some reason. On xfce they work just 
> fine. At some point I’ll try to figure it out and if you don’t use i3 you may 
> not care
>                I haven’t got the acpi (or whatever it’s called now) settings 
> quite right yet so it doesn’t shut down properly - It shuts everything down 
> but leaves the screen backlight on, then I have to manually press and hold 
> the power button for it to actually shut down. Likewise I can hibernate it, 
> but it doesn’t come back from hibernation. Again, there’s probably a fix
>               I’m not crazy about the touchpad. It’s resonsive enough but the 
> friction on the surface is a little high.  I guess macs have pampered me and 
> I’ve become soft. 
>               It won’t drive my super-wide external monitor at full 
> resolution so I am restricted to a “mere” 1900xsomething. 
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> If you’re not familiar with this laptop, some of the points in its favour are:
> 1. Free software ethos: comes with core boot and the hardware is user 
> replaceable to an extent very unusual for a laptop
> 2. Security-minded: ME disabled, open-source bios and has hardware disable 
> switches for mic&camera and wifi&bluetooth
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> Let me know if you have specific questions and I’ll try to address
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> 
> Sean
> 
> Sent from my phone. Sorry if brief. 

How's the keyboard?

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