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Pop!_OS Linux from System76 is expanding with more vendors, as HP now have a teaser up for the HP Dev One laptop. Built for developers they say, although with the kind of specs on offer it seems like it might make quite a good gaming machine too.

Some of the specs include:

  • 8-Core AMD Ryzen™ 7 PRO processor
  • 16GB memory DDR4 @ 3200MHz
  • 1TB fast PCIe NVMe M.2 storage²
  • 14" diagonal FHD anti-glare display
  • AMD Radeon™ Graphics

The unit itself looks absolutely gorgeous too, it even has a "Super" key instead of the standard Windows logo you get on most laptops as a great little added touch. Of course, it also comes with Pop!_OS as standard too, a project that has been "Months in the making" said System76 CEO Carl Richell.


Click to enlarge - source HP

Priced at $1,099 and "coming soon". If you sign up for their newsletter, you get a free "HP Creator Mouse" with your purchase if you decide to actually get one.

We're hoping to get more info on it all closer to the time. Stayed tuned!

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tuubi May 21, 2022
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Quoting: mr-victory
Quoteit even has a "Super" key instead of the standard Windows logo you get on most laptops as a great little added touch

They should have used a rocket as the super key, not a text that says "super".
Noobs don't know what the super key is.
You could tell them, instead of being condescending.
Thaaaaaanks for that. I think you missed the point. The point of my comment was to say that not everyone knows to translate the "super key" they see in a Linux operating system to the one with a Windows logo.
Thanks for the sarcasm, but it was you who missed the point. Namely that if you spend a minute explaining what exactly "noobs" get wrong, some "noob" reading your reply might actually learn something, instead of feeling like they're not in the club. It rarely hurts to spell things out in a public discussion. But you just did, so I guess it's all good.

You're not wrong though. It was only recently that I had to explain to a friend that "super" meant the key where they'd usually have the Windows logo. Although their fancy new mechanical KB had some other symbol on the keycap instead, but that's beside the point.
slaapliedje May 21, 2022
Quoting: tuubi
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Quoting: mr-victory
Quoteit even has a "Super" key instead of the standard Windows logo you get on most laptops as a great little added touch

They should have used a rocket as the super key, not a text that says "super".
Noobs don't know what the super key is.
You could tell them, instead of being condescending.
But then he couldn't use the word 'Noobs'!
slaapliedje May 21, 2022
Quoting: tuubi
Quoting: 14
Quoting: tuubi
Quoting: 14
Quoting: mr-victory
Quoteit even has a "Super" key instead of the standard Windows logo you get on most laptops as a great little added touch

They should have used a rocket as the super key, not a text that says "super".
Noobs don't know what the super key is.
You could tell them, instead of being condescending.
Thaaaaaanks for that. I think you missed the point. The point of my comment was to say that not everyone knows to translate the "super key" they see in a Linux operating system to the one with a Windows logo.
Thanks for the sarcasm, but it was you who missed the point. Namely that if you spend a minute explaining what exactly "noobs" get wrong, some "noob" reading your reply might actually learn something, instead of feeling like they're not in the club. It rarely hurts to spell things out in a public discussion. But you just did, so I guess it's all good.

You're not wrong though. It was only recently that I had to explain to a friend that "super" meant the key where they'd usually have the Windows logo. Although their fancy new mechanical KB had some other symbol on the keycap instead, but that's beside the point.
What's worse, is there is the 'Meta' key label that some of us call it. When people know it as the 'Windows' key, because typically it just has the Windows Logo on it. Thanks Microsoft and keyboard manufacturers for that...
tuubi May 21, 2022
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Quoting: mr-victory
Quoteit even has a "Super" key instead of the standard Windows logo you get on most laptops as a great little added touch

They should have used a rocket as the super key, not a text that says "super".
Noobs don't know what the super key is.
You could tell them, instead of being condescending.
Thaaaaaanks for that. I think you missed the point. The point of my comment was to say that not everyone knows to translate the "super key" they see in a Linux operating system to the one with a Windows logo.
Thanks for the sarcasm, but it was you who missed the point. Namely that if you spend a minute explaining what exactly "noobs" get wrong, some "noob" reading your reply might actually learn something, instead of feeling like they're not in the club. It rarely hurts to spell things out in a public discussion. But you just did, so I guess it's all good.

You're not wrong though. It was only recently that I had to explain to a friend that "super" meant the key where they'd usually have the Windows logo. Although their fancy new mechanical KB had some other symbol on the keycap instead, but that's beside the point.
What's worse, is there is the 'Meta' key label that some of us call it. When people know it as the 'Windows' key, because typically it just has the Windows Logo on it. Thanks Microsoft and keyboard manufacturers for that...
The thing is, while KDE refers to the Windows (or Logo) key with "Meta", in Xfce and I think Gnome it means left Alt.
slavezeo May 21, 2022
The fragmentation of meta/super/windows keys will be the downfall of linux on the desktop!!

Mark my words... mark them!


Last edited by slavezeo on 21 May 2022 at 8:13 pm UTC
GeoGalvanic May 22, 2022
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Quoting: mr-victory
Quoteit even has a "Super" key instead of the standard Windows logo you get on most laptops as a great little added touch

They should have used a rocket as the super key, not a text that says "super".

I always thought that the "Super Key" was supposed to have a Tux logo :thinking emoji:
Free_gamer May 23, 2022
Quoting: pageroundI wonder if the case is made of metal or plastic. Looks nice and very cool to see more companies preinstalling a linux distro.

It'looks pretty much 1:1 to my Zbook Firefly14 G7 (minor differences with speaker grills, hp logo, finger print reader, webcam array) and that has an aluminium body. So I'd guess this one will also be build out of aluminium.


Last edited by Free_gamer on 23 May 2022 at 6:32 am UTC
tyaty1 May 23, 2022
It's the chassis looks like an EliteBook 840/845 with the screen of a Probook 445/440.


Last edited by tyaty1 on 23 May 2022 at 5:00 pm UTC
pageround May 23, 2022
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Quoting: Free_gamerIt'looks pretty much 1:1 to my Zbook Firefly14 G7 (minor differences with speaker grills, hp logo, finger print reader, webcam array) and that has an aluminium body. So I'd guess this one will also be build out of aluminium.

It has me interested. Hows the Zbook been, how would you rate its repairability?
Free_gamer May 24, 2022
Quoting: pageroundIt has me interested. Hows the Zbook been, how would you rate its repairability?

So far I'm really happy with it. Worked with Linux OOTB from day 1 and apparently they also started to distribute firmware updates via fwupd (at least gnome-software told me that an update for the firmware is available, but I always update directly from the UEFI via internet).

They also have quite an in depth maintenance and service guide online and from the looks of it, you can pretty much replace every part (even the display is split up in multiple parts and not only one like it was with my Dell XPS). Only bad thing about my model is, that the RAM is not upgradable because of the Nvidia GPU.

All in all it's kinda a better experience than the XPS 13-9360 that I had before (Dell basically switched out the whole computer, twice).

Though I can't say if this is also true for other models/product lines besides Zbooks.
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