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I'm in the market for a Linux friendly ultralight laptop to check web apps and run terminal, nothing fancier then that. Do any cheap systems exits these days? I was looking at a chrome book but apparently the mediatek chip doesn't play nicely with FOSS.

Any thoughts?

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[–] alonely0@programming.dev 24 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I have a second-hand Thinkpad T480s that I love, I bought it for 250$ on ebay and replaced its battery because it was fried (+40$). I use it for school and it works flawlessly, around 8h of battery life in a well-configured OpenSUSE Tumbleweed. According to the specs sheet it shouldn't be, but for some reason it is noticeably lighter than a friend of mine's MacBook Air 2021. I will use this laptop until it dies so hard it can't be fixed at all.

[–] WhyAUsername_1@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Thanks for sharing the pictures! Loved it!

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 2 points 11 months ago

I found a T430 dock, its so nice