Wait, I thought we recently agreed that LLM assisted projects require a [AIP] tag? Did you not see the pinned post, or are you not human?

It’s satire about how PlayStation is going to go diskless (digital only), which a lot of people are very upset about. If you go to the PCMR subreddit or similar gaming communities on Reddit, you’ll see a lot of this there too about a variety of brands!

I believe this is satire, since PlayStation has announced they will move to be digital-only (if you go on any gaming communities on Reddit it’s filled with these style of posts)

I think this device is pretty competitive with the FW 13 Pro and seems to be similarly priced (prices change depending on storage config), but the main downside is soldered RAM (though 32GB of it, no 8GB or 16GB options), as well as the lack of niceties like touch support, interchangeable ports, and a haptic trackpad. The Framework is also good if you already have an older device, you can just upgrade the components you need, and they have more affordable configurations too, like with 16GB of RAM and the choice of bringing your own SSD. Interestingly, looks like the 1TB SSD from System76 has much slower read speeds compared to FW’s stock options. 2TB and 4TB look to be similar to FW’s.

The new Lemur Pro is a good option if 1) you want a slim 16" Panther Lake device that runs Linux well OOTB, 2) You don’t mind the non-upgradeable RAM (32GB), and 3) you’re okay with spending more money to support System76

(FW16 is a decent 16" option but is pretty bulky with the AMD 300 series CPU. It does have dGPU options though which is pretty cool, and it has all the benefits of FW devices)

lost it when I hears you said soldered RAM haha

Yeah, it is a bit of a bummer. As least it’s 32GB, so more than enough for most people. It doesn’t help that a new FW 13 Pro is very close in price to the System76 option when specced similarly, and FW actually takes the edge with higher storage capacities (+ you can bring your own M.2 if you have one already)

Not to mention the ability to upgrade from an older gen FW and all the other fun bits. Nice of have some competition though, and the Lemur Pro does have some other merits like being a bit lighter and having a 16" (non-touch) screen size option

Of note, Pop! OS is based on Ubuntu, not Arch! You might be thinking of SteamOS

The main differences is the upgradeable memory and customisability of the Framework laptop, and the option for a 16" size in the case of System76 (albeit no touchscreen).

Nice, it’s good to have them back. More options are always good. Looks like Fairphone 6 support is coming soon, excited for that!

As for the hardware, the System76 option has a 16" option in addition to the 14", while FW only has a 13.5" display in their “Pro” chassis (for now, at least). However, FW offers touchscreen on their device. Similar chipset options between the two, but the System76 seems to have soldered RAM (32GB) while FW uses LPCAMM2. The FW has other niceties too, like a haptic touchpad, interchangeable ports (though the System76 has better I/O than most), and customisable elements (international keyboard layouts, colourful bezels, etc.). The System76 laptop has the option to remove WiFi, webcam, and mics from the device for privacy if you needed that.

On the software side, the System76 laptop can come prebuilt with Pop! OS and Ubuntu, while Framework lets you go with either Ubuntu, Windows (ew), or BYO OS, but you can install any OS on either machine.

Speccing out both machines with 32GB/1TB and the Intel Panther Lake X7 chip results in a pretty similar price, with the FW being just under 200 USD above the equivalent System76. I think System76 might be using a slower SSD for their 1TB option though. With 2TB of storage (that are closer in read speeds), the System76 becomes a little more expensive than the FW! Also of note, FW offers a more affordable 16GB RAM option that can later be upgraded, since it’s LPCAMM2. The FW also has a higher end 64GB RAM option if you have a lot of money to burn.

edit: Somebody else also mentioned the System76 is a bit lighter too, which is neat!

Fair enough, but I wouldn’t immediately overlook Fedora. It’s still a relatively easy to use distro!

As somebody who converted to Linux about a yearish ago, I would like to provide some feedback.

Right now, your best options are: Mint (latest version of Cinnamon looks pretty modern in my opinion, if you haven’t looked at it for too long), Fedora (Workstation for GNOME, KDE for Plasma), and maybe one of the -buntus depending on how recent the hardware is. For a first-timer, I would avoid the atomic distros like Bazzite, as they will work fine until there’s a weird issue that is annoying to troubleshoot. It’s very good if you already have Linux installed and are e.g. installing it on a handheld or HTPC but not for a first-timer.

I would let her try in a LiveUSB with GNOME, Cinnamon, and KDE Plasma to see what interface she likes best (screenshots aren’t enough, the interfaces are different enough between them). Use VenToy for this I think, between Mint, Fedora Workstation, and Fedora KDE. Once that is decided, go with one of them.

Tip as somebody who first installed Fedora: make sure to enable proprietary drivers on first boot if you want access to Nvidia drivers + Steam! It’s very important, as otherwise you need to manuakky configure those repositories. I don’t believe this is an issue on Mint though, it’s mostly a Fedora thing.

As for Office, I mostly get around with LibreOffice, but if that doesn’t work, you can try OnlyOffice (but the company is Russian and a little shady, licensing issues, look into it), the web version of MS Office (ew, horrible), Windows in a VM, or dual-booting Windows (quite difficult to set up since MS does not play nice).

As for me, I just use Syncthing between my devices so I have the same music files in my laptop and my phone. It works well as I don’t often change out the music I listen to, and plus it’s local files so no network required (good on an aeroplane, for example). I personally use an MPD client on my (Linux) laptop, while on Android I use Auxio (Lotus and Chocola are excellent too)

If that doesn’t work for you, there is Jellyfin as well: Finamp for specifically music playback, Findroid for general Jellyfin use. Am not hosting Jellyfin currently so I don’t have anything to add besides that, but do check out the docs if you need help setting up / maintaining it!

We were all kids at one point in time

Lots of modern phones no longer come with an IR blaster, which is a bit stupid I think but corporations got to save cost somewhere (+ a billion other places in the device, manufacturing, production, etc.)

Awesome! How long did it take to design all that art, or are you using off the shelf stock graphics or something?

It looks like this is more like three different messages that are worded a little weirdly, making it have a more confusing single meaning.

The barf emoji (where they used H1, by the way. Why, I have no idea) implies that they dislike either PaperWM or GNOME, likely the latter given that GNOME and KDE Plasma have a kind of holy war thing going on between its users, and this person (who uses Plasma) is the kind of person who has extreme opinions it looks like.

I wish them all the best , except if they’re part of fascist open source, in which case, they can get bent.

This part is worded poorly, especially given the preceding barf emoji making you think it’s a negative opinion for the whole comment. They are positive about Niri, but IF they turn out to be not very nice then they can “get bent” (whatever that means)

But then again, I have my KDE task manager so that it only shows tasks from the current screen on it, and even I sometimes find that disorientating.

And this bit is just talking about how they won’t really take advantage of tiling WMs anyways given that windowed DEs are already “disorienting”

I found the LearnLinuxTV tutorial on installing Nextcloud to be really good, and it’s been running great! It’s excellent if you want drive and has all the different other bits like notes, calendar, forms, office, etc.

However, you might also want to look at some other services too for specific tasks. I use Radicale for calendar, mostly because it was my first self-hosted service and I never bothered moving to the NC offering, but it’s very simple to setup and works well for me. Etherpad is good if you want shareable MD notes (but isn’t as great if you want private notes, for that local programs like Joplin, Marktext, and Markor are your best bet). For image hosting, Immich is always nice and has excellent mobile clients too (even on Linux mobile, you have the third-party Mimick!)

And of course, many forums are good too, but note that many of the bits could be outdated (always check the date of the posts and the version number!)

For me, the Linux community at the programming(dot)dev instance is very helpful!

Always check the relevant wikis. Yes, some of them aren’t very well-written, but most are very good. Look at the wikis for your distro, the software you want to use, etc. Even if you don’t use Arch, the ArchWiki is a very good source with steps that can apply for most distros!

You might also want to check out the channel “LearnLinuxTV”, they make fantastic tutorials for setting up various distros and self-hosted services.

I will also recommend installing “tldr”, which is basically manpages for dummies, showing you the essential commands and their parameters. “Tealdeer” is a Rust-based client for tldr that is available on Arch (unsure about other distro families)

Quarrtarrmastarr? Or is that too much?

I personally just use local music playback, with SyncThing for syncing between devices. That mean I can listen to them offline!

On Android, I use Auxio, but Lotus and Chocola (previously CuteMusic) are awesome too.

On Linux, I use an mpd-based option called rmpc. Tauon and Gapless are also great! As for mobile Linux, Gapless is a good option that works pretty well. You might also like Plattenalbum, a GTK-based MPD client.