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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Looking for a "couch laptop" (local106.com)

submitted 1 year ago by parallax@local106.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] independantiste@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The ultimate couch laptop will be an M1 MacBook Air as it has no fans and a suped up phone chip so it doesn't heat. It also has amazing battery life... But it's still pretty expensive and it cannot be repaired. Otherwise old MacBooks should be pretty good because most of the Intel models used relatively low end chips because their thermal design was so limited

[–] MadBigote@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He also said Linux-friendly, lol.

[–] ThePhantomGM@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Old macbooks are honestly great in terms of linux support

[–] independantiste@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Afaik the M1Air is fully functional for this use case. I think only small things like the fingerprint sensor and deeper processor features are missing

[–] mfat@lemdro.id 2 points 1 year ago

I recentry tried an M2 Air and was just amazed how lightweight it was.