two questions.

1. with such a low screen to keyboard ratio, don't your hands/knuckles get in the way of the screen when gaming ( okay, this maybe not a gaming machine but you could still play a lot of games on this thing outside of AAA ). Like, aren't your hands constantly in the way of the lower part of the screen when typing in any case ? Or is it just a perspective thing.

2. Dumb question, but it's been irking me.. Semi-unrelated but are the threads on the new Alder lake CPU's all the same power across the board ? Some of these new Alder lake CPU's are shipping with 8P + 8E (16 Cores) / 24 threads .. So are the threads on the E cores slower or are they separate and effectively the same as a traditional AMD CPU where there is just regular cores + regular threads and all threads are the same power. Would you get 24 full power threads or just lets say 12 full power on the 8 performance cores and 12 half power threads on the economy cores.

thx

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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.

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Quoting: Liam DaweAre you excited for Haunted Chocolatier?

Yes.

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Quoting: xuwangIt's great for there to be another Linux-first option for people! That said, for philosophical reasons I'm waiting for an AMD + AMD option. I don't blame System 76. I understand that a lot of people are happy about AMD + Nvidia, and because of supplied (I think?) AMD + AMD is hard to find.

I think Alienware are coming out with with All AMD laptops this year.

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Might 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.

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Is it possible with Wayland to create virtual monitors ? and therefore custom resolutions / aspect-ratios for games to see and utilize ?

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Quoting: brokeassben

certain areas seemingly at random fail to load

Yeah, I get that as well. Also video occasionally just doesn't load and requires a refresh of the page. In an attempt to de-Google my life, I've switched fully to Firefox and it's been a MOSTLY good experience.

These problems were part of the reason I used Streamlink Twitch GUI [External Link] (with mpv/chatty) for Twitch streams, back before I stopped using Twitch completely. It wasn't perfect, but it was nicer than using the browser. Now the only streamer I watch regularly uses Owncast [External Link] and it's a much nicer experience for me than Twitch ever was.

yea Owncast is great. i recommend it for people tired of Twitch.

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Quoting: seydoyutre

Quoting: LoftyI had assumed good real world multi-monitor would work ok by now on x-server and i was wrong. Here with my dual screen mixed refresh/resolution combo. Windows will draw at the lowest refresh available instead of refreshing separately for each screen...

adding the following to /etc/environment solved this for me.

 
CLUTTER_DEFAULT_FPS=144
__GL_SYNC_DISPLAY_DEVICE=DP-0

Are you running Gsync in order for this to happen ? Im also on cinnamon, so im not sure how this will affect things vs lets say Gnome. Having said there are some key things missing on cinnamon with multi-monitor, it's not perfect by any means.

(Mint does not have that specific folder btw)

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Quoting: kon14

Quoting: LoftyHow is arch+gnome fundamentally behind or not as good i.e not the 'best' gnome experience compared to fedora ? i mean, im used to being quite far behind in big updates, a week or two isnt a big deal given that most my software is now as upto date on mint using flatpak as arch linux and security updates are pushed at around the same speed.

Considering pure Arch doesn't really come with a Gnome spin, despite offering a gnome metapackage, it's mostly about what you configure it to be. So I wouldn't say they're really comparable.
Arch based distros offering Gnome spins are another deal.

Fedora offers a solid and up to date stock Gnome base on a non-rolling release distro, while also putting a lot of effort into modernizing the entire desktop stack with Wayland, PipeWire and Flatpak.
Plus a lot of people contributing to Gnome are actually RedHat devs who happen to use Fedora and vice versa, so they're really tightly related.

On the contrary, if you're a KDE fan that's not particularly into tinkering just for the sake of it, I see little reason for you to install Fedora as its original configuration for it is plain awful.

Just like with anything on Linex, you can always set up everything yourself as long you have access to recent package versions from a rolling distro's repos, through external repos or even building them yourself, but that comes with its own maintenance cost.

If you're looking for something a bit more out of the ordinary, you could try Fedora Silverblue instead. It's an official immutable base Fedora spin built around containers, Flatpaks and OSTree.
It offers git-like support for multiple deployments, rollbacks, rebasing to other images (eg Kinoite, that's KDE).
Bricking your system is nearly impossible as you can always rollback whenever something doesn't work out as expected.
It does come with a bit of a learning curve for anyone interested in extensive system level tinkering, but it's still configurable despite its immutable nature.

Good info thanks.

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Quoting: kon14

Quoting: LoftyThe only question is: EndevourOS or Fedora ...

I guess that depends on your priorities and your desktop preferences.

If you already enjoy Arch based distros and wanna try out any of its customized desktop spins, EndeavourOS might be a good fit.

If you want the best Gnome + Wayland + PipeWire experience and wish to try out something different, give Fedora a shot.

Then again, Debian/Ubuntu based distros are also okay. As long as you're at the very least not using LTS on a desktop and expecting to use any fancy features ootb at the same time.

How is arch+gnome fundamentally behind or not as good i.e not the 'best' gnome experience compared to fedora ? i mean, im used to being quite far behind in big updates, a week or two isnt a big deal given that most my software is now as upto date on mint using flatpak as arch linux and security updates are pushed at around the same speed.

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