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System76 tease their new 'Kudu' laptop with the AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX

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Looking for a new high-end laptop for your Linux needs? System76, makers of Pop!_OS have teased their latest with the Kudu that blends together the worlds of AMD and NVIDIA.

"The Kudu laptop is for expert multitaskers. The rub-belly-pat-head types. The Mach 12 errand runners. The kind of thinker who can open 10 doors with 1 makeshift key.

Whatever your missions, get them done faster with the Kudu laptop. Between the H-class CPU and 3000-Series NVIDIA graphics, you’ll be the ultimate conductor in a multitasking concerto." — System76.

Starting at $1899, this is one laptop that sounds like it will handle close to anything you throw at it. With the choice of having it pre-installed with Pop!_OS 21.10, Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS or Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.

They're only teasing it but they did at least give out the basic specifications, although they don't note what the base model will have in terms of RAM and things like that, we're just given vague details on the max support so far:

Processor

AMD Ryzen™ 9 5900HX: 3.3 up to 4.6 GHz - 8 Cores - 16 Threads

Display

15.6″ 1920×1080 FHD Matte Finish, 144Hz

Graphics

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060

Memory

Up to 64 GB DDR4 @ 3200 MHz

Storage

2 x M.2 SSD(PCIe NVMe). Up to 4TB total.

Expansion

1× USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, 1× USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A, 1 × USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C, 1× USB 2.0 Type-A

Input

Multitouch Clickpad, Multi-Color Backlit US QWERTY Keyboard

Networking

2.5 Gigabit Ethernet, WiFi 6, Bluetooth 5

Video Ports

1 × Mini DisplayPort 1.4, 1 × HDMI(w/HDCP), 1 × USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C w/ DisplayPort 1.4

Audio

Stereo Speakers, 1 × Headphone/Microphone Combo Jack, 1 × Microphone Jack

Dimensions

14.21″ × 10.16″ × 1.14″ (36.09 × 25.81 × 2.90 cm)

What do you think to this new model? No word on release date yet but they do say stock will be limited so you may want to head to the page and sign up to be notified.

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Ardje Jan 7, 2022
Still no laptop with AMD?

https://system76.com/laptops/pangolin

Why do they say there is a limit on the size of the SSD?
You either support SATA and PCIe x4 or not.
Or does that have to do with booting? Because if so, they should just state it.


Last edited by Ardje on 7 January 2022 at 2:32 pm UTC
Lofty Jan 7, 2022
Quoting: KohlyKohl
Quoting: LoftyMight want to hold off on spending near 2K on a laptop when the next gen Intel and AMD are just around the corner. Not to mention APU/GPU refreshes.

Would be nice if these larger powered Linux Vendor laptops came with libre/coreboot to really set them aside from just buying from every other vendor and slapping (Arch) Linux on it.

The next gen is always right around the corner with technology...

True, but in this case there is just around the corner and there is right on the door step.
ElectricPrism Jan 7, 2022


Every time
slaapliedje Jan 7, 2022
Damnit! I just ordered a Pangolin for my brother...
Purple Library Guy Jan 7, 2022
Quoting: slaapliedjeDamnit! I just ordered a Pangolin for my brother...
Aren't there any controls on importing exotic pets where you live?
slaapliedje Jan 7, 2022
Quoting: Purple Library Guy
Quoting: slaapliedjeDamnit! I just ordered a Pangolin for my brother...
Aren't there any controls on importing exotic pets where you live?
This reminds me of my quest to own a Monkey. Apparently people are all concerned about it biting off someone's face... it isn't like dogs aren't always doing the same thing. At least a Monkey I could train to fling poo at solicitors and Jehova's Witnesses. Ha, my brain wanted to type 'Heaven's Gate followers.'

I think we have an 'no exotic pets' law. Lame, I know.
Purple Library Guy Jan 7, 2022
Quoting: slaapliedje
Quoting: Purple Library Guy
Quoting: slaapliedjeDamnit! I just ordered a Pangolin for my brother...
Aren't there any controls on importing exotic pets where you live?
This reminds me of my quest to own a Monkey. Apparently people are all concerned about it biting off someone's face... it isn't like dogs aren't always doing the same thing. At least a Monkey I could train to fling poo at solicitors and Jehova's Witnesses. Ha, my brain wanted to type 'Heaven's Gate followers.'

I think we have an 'no exotic pets' law. Lame, I know.
You're not missing much. My grandparents had a monkey before I was born; my mom said it was a pain in the ass and not friendly.
slaapliedje Jan 8, 2022
Quoting: Purple Library Guy
Quoting: slaapliedje
Quoting: Purple Library Guy
Quoting: slaapliedjeDamnit! I just ordered a Pangolin for my brother...
Aren't there any controls on importing exotic pets where you live?
This reminds me of my quest to own a Monkey. Apparently people are all concerned about it biting off someone's face... it isn't like dogs aren't always doing the same thing. At least a Monkey I could train to fling poo at solicitors and Jehova's Witnesses. Ha, my brain wanted to type 'Heaven's Gate followers.'

I think we have an 'no exotic pets' law. Lame, I know.
You're not missing much. My grandparents had a monkey before I was born; my mom said it was a pain in the ass and not friendly.
Buahahahaha. So like your average human.
Quoting: Hamish
Quoting: sgtnasty369Why can't I get a pure AMD Ryzen/Radeon Linux laptop? They always have to throw in NVIDIA.
I'm so bummed.

System76 already sells this as the Pangolin:
https://system76.com/laptops/pangolin

That's still only an integrated CPU/GPU though - it's not that it uses an AMD Graphics card, it's that it doesn't have a graphics card.

Not to say the Ryzen Integrated GPU is useless by any means, but it's not as fast as the old Nvidia graphics card from my cheap, knackered 2015 laptop (though the processor is like 10x quicker, so perhaps it all balances out).

Separately, I'm still praying for someone to make a new laptop with proper physical mouse buttons under the touchpad.
slaapliedje Jan 8, 2022
Quoting: Fakeman_Pretendname
Quoting: Hamish
Quoting: sgtnasty369Why can't I get a pure AMD Ryzen/Radeon Linux laptop? They always have to throw in NVIDIA.
I'm so bummed.

System76 already sells this as the Pangolin:
https://system76.com/laptops/pangolin

That's still only an integrated CPU/GPU though - it's not that it uses an AMD Graphics card, it's that it doesn't have a graphics card.

Not to say the Ryzen Integrated GPU is useless by any means, but it's not as fast as the old Nvidia graphics card from my cheap, knackered 2015 laptop (though the processor is like 10x quicker, so perhaps it all balances out).

Separately, I'm still praying for someone to make a new laptop with proper physical mouse buttons under the touchpad.
The Pangolin is what I bought for my brother and the APU is fairly decent, performance wise. Seems everyone is having a hard time getting purely AMD gaming laptops though. Asus has one, but it isn't in stock anywhere...

Ha, the Pangolin's keyboard didn't work when I first got it, had to finish the set up with an external one...
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