Post #4497014

2026-08-10 16:54 UTC

What do people think the good Linux laptops these days? I've got my eye on the MNT Reform Next, but curious about other options. Good battery life and screen would be nice. Would prefer something not from a US company.

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@redsakana@infosec.exchange 2026-08-10 23:06

@misty@digipres.club Depends on how you feel about Chinese laptops I guess. Which is to say, Thinkpads. My ca. 2020 T14 is doing fine as a daily driver, still gets minimal firmware security support, and has 80% battery capacity remaining. Only reason I'm looking at a new one today is that while in technical terms I see no problems with driving the current one until 2027-28, the world is gonna be ultra fucked in 2027-28 if the AI bubble goes and ultra fucked in a different way if the AI bubble stays. Plus all the wars, of trade and other varieties, on the horizon. If you're fine with arm64 and somewhat less performance, MNT looks great and I would get one of the big ones if I had the budget for a second machine. Framework was dropped from consideration when they went all in on fashtech.

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