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Razer Wants To Build the Best Linux Laptop, And It Needs Your Help (facebook.com)
Min-Liang Tan, a founder, CEO and creative director of gaming hardware company Razer, has assured enthusiasts that the company is looking into developing good -- the "best" he says -- Linux notebook. He writes in a post: The Razer Blade series have become the default coding machine for many out there and one of the most common asks is for us to support Linux on it. Well - we're looking at it and we're inviting all Linux enthusiasts to weigh in at the new Linux Corner on Insider to post feedback, suggestions and ideas on how we can make it the best notebook in the world that supports Linux. So if you're a Linux enthusiast, do check out the introductory thread.
Are they going to pay me? What on Earth is so hard about putting together a Linux laptop? Thinkpads have been doing it for a decade.
All Razer does is put together over priced crap that breaks the day after the warranty expires. Fuck them
No!!! not nvidia, do not support a company that do nothing to support open source drivers... as Linus say: "F*ck you Nvidia!"
AMD Ryzen CPU + AMD GPU (for using AMDGPU KMS + radeonsi mesa drivers)
full power, open source!
Higuita
"The Razer Blade series have become the default coding machine for many out there"
Uh... No?
Show of hands here on Slashdot - which coders here use that as their default machine?
A battery you can remove and replace yourself.
Ram you can upgrade without a soldering kit.
Removable panels to access dusty components.
Japanese metal capacitors that won't die in 5 years.
A modular power supply board.
A screen the user can replace.
Keyboard options.
Ports.
Open firmware, BIOS and drivers.
Yeah, you have your fucking work cut out for you and if you get any 3 of those into the final product I'll eat my hat.
Or even non-broken, standard compliant UEFI and working ACPI implementation with full documentation and all hardware functionality correctly configured and fully enabled. And of course, comfortable mechanical keyboard. Replacement parts standardized when possible and 3D printable, with schematics, when not.
Both Intel and AMD look like a lost cause. Intel ME is certain to contains a network-accessible backdoor, AMD's version is slightly less vicious but not good either.
There's hope in the ARM world: there's the TrustZone but some computers with non-locked bootloaders allow you to load your own code there. You obviously don't want to write such code yourself thus you probably want to use ATF but it's open for modification and, more importantly here, review.
For example Pinebook (an incoming $89 laptop) allows you to do that, and if you don't need accelerated Mali400 proprietary drivers, you can use free software. Well, [near-]mainline support is not yet mature: simplefb LCD display is like four days old and the DRM driver is not yet working, but as shipment dates have been delayed again (currently for March 20ish), the kernel+uboot should be usable by then.
Obviously, a computer where you not only can but need to tinker with to get working is not for everyone, but it is up to people like us to make it so. It is trustable, which is what you and me are looking for. And once Icenowy and the rest make the kernel usable, we can take that kernel, give it better userland than "dd this image of dubious provenience" and release to regular users.
The creatures outside looked from Alt-Right to Antifa; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
You know, even ms realized the value of a terminal, and powershell was born.
Seriously.
Your neglect of quality control has been there for the entirety of your company.
If you're going to be selling computers worth hundreds or thousands of dollars, you NEED Q&A.
Otherwise, don't even bother.
Chas - The one, the only.
THANK GOD!!!
Don't worry too much. If they make a good linux laptop I'll buy it - it won't matter to me that they also have comprehensive windows offerings. Just don't compromise with the linux product - it does not have to be windows-compatible, for example.
Some people here does not want the "Intel Management Engine" - which is easy enough to arrange by dropping the x86-compatible processor. x86 is not a requirement for linux - linux runs fine on other processors. I don't know if arm has a a fast enough processor for a good laptop - but IBM certainly have some. (power8 etc)
Well nothing other then posting anonymously to slashdot screaming "Faggot".
Sorry, teleporters just kill you and then make a copy. A perfect, soul-less copy.
How about FUCK YOU LINUS TORVALDS!!! His ego is too big.
I'm no Linus fan boy... Quite the opposite actually, I agree his ego, mouth and self importance are all too big... HOWEVER, in this case, he is 100% correct about Nvidia. They are being idiots about Linux and not providing open source drivers.
"File to fit, pound to insert, paint to match" - Aircraft Maintenance 101
Do not hire Tim Cook, not cut a row of keys, and create a TouchBar.
Look at what made the Thinkpad great and fix what Lenovo broke on it. Done.
Twitter supports and protects racists - by smearing their critics with the "Hate Speech" label.