I think thats really fair too. I might adopt that for my startup.

Cant believe those idiots thought the power button would control power to the device. What idiots.

Only doing a bit of heavy lifting there.

IME maybe? But coreboot can solve those things.

Im using a super modern Thinkpad with Linux. But I have some old options too. I also have a 2015 Macbook Pro running Ubuntu 26.04.

I mean. Fiat are owned by Stellantis. They also make this:

I must have had 6 thinkpads by now. All have been excellent linux machines.

I’ve run Ubuntu servers for over a decade in some very large and demanding environments and have had so few issues with the OS itself.

Lemmy has a hate boner for Canonical, and Ubuntu, but the reality is this is an echo chamber. Ubuntu has been run in basically every corner of the globe for some of the most critical work human kind has, and it could be so easily swapped for Debian. But it isn’t.

Yeah. I haven’t had an issue with sleep for years at this point. Long line of Lenovos running Ubuntu.

Glares at Datadog

Tbf. The american system is fine if you can afford to pay. And you’re always welcome to private care in countries with universal care.

New Zealand literally a world away…

Are you serious? Basically all computers are manufactured in China. Yeah Lenovo bought the IBM line, so they started from a great position, but I’ve always considered them, and the thinkpads in their IBM days, in a cut above Dell.

You can just buy a JD Power award btw. The auto manufacturers pay to play. Its a marketing company.

You got me in the first half. Ngl.

Crazy amounts of work. If only Apple release some schematics or technical docs.

I actually found your explanation helpful! Thanks.

Oliver!

Does lemmy have a compo face? Lemmy should have a compo face.

Starlabs are an alternative if Europe extends to the UK for you.