I can't think of a one-sentence summary
I have a mixed history with Linux. I'm a developer with a long history in LAMP, and recently with C# ASP.NET on Linux. for web dev, Linux is great, and Windows can gtfo, but when it comes to a human-serving GUI, Linux is... kind of... really not good?? I got a Linux laptop from you guys, because I want more hands-on experience with Linux, but I cannot use it for my home desktop OS. I have tried many times, on and off, over the past two decades, and in that time, I have never enjoyed Linux as a home OS. but for the laptop I occasionally take out to a cafe... I'm willing to work with Linux.
review of your laptop hardware:
* it seems quite good!
* I'm happy with the price.
* I LOVE that it lacks branding; it looks nice, overall!
* if I have any complaint, the keyboard seems a little cheap.
review of Linux on a laptop:
* the resource consumption is lower than that of Windows; it runs speedily. I'm very curious to see if it performs this well for longer than my Windows laptop did, but that'll take 4ish years to determine :P (and I'm sure is also a function of the battery, and other hardware; not just the OS.)
* a "hibernate" option is not supported, which was my primary way of "shutting down" my Windows laptop. I did find some article on jerryrigging something with Timeshift, but that seems intimidating; I don't know if I'll ever try it.
* for me, the numeric keypad is a must-have. unfortunately, it seems to behave oddly, and/or have mixed support by other applications (which is, itself, odd!) I did find some hidden OS setting for making shift+numpad arrows select text, instead of inputting numbers, which I _believe_ has solved most issues, but I also had to configure WebStorm and Rider to recognize the numpad almost at all.
unrelated, and of very-minor importance, the option from you guys to pre-install Inkscape was a pleasant surprise, but the version installed was old (0.9-something; they've been up to 1.x for a while now).
Would you recommend us? Yes
Ben
- Charlottesville
- 29/01/2022
Response from the company
Beste meneer Duijn, Dank voor uw beoordeling en vervelend om te lezen dat u deze problemen ervaart. Het is jammer dat u niet direct contact met ons zoekt want wij willen u graag helpen met problemen die u met uw aankoop ervaart. Te lezen is dat u zeer waarschijnlijk zelf een andere Ubuntu versie op deze laptop heeft gezet? Mogelijk een tussen release en geen LTS versie? Ik ontvang graag van u bericht met verdere informatie over wat u heeft geprobeerd en gedaan op het systeem. Wij zijn namelijk zeer bereidt u te helpen. Normaliter zijn er geen problemen aanwezig met de Linux distro's waar wij ondersteuning voor bieden. Wij bieden fixes, configs en drivers waar nodig. Wij hebben u tevens persoonlijk gecontacteerd met dit verzoek voor contact. We hopen snel van u te horen! Met vriendelijke groet, Laptopmetlinux