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>Suspend/resume works almost fine as the same level as Windows (they sometimes get weird anyway).

Don't forget this, which translated means suspend/resume doesn't work.

Can't speak for TFA's hardware but suspend/resume works fine on my lenovo x1 6th gen running freebsd, with the only caveat being that I had to load some drivers that were not loaded by default. (I think it was called acpi_ibm. Manpage says that's for the Fn key combos, maybe it was something else.)

FWIW, suspend/resume is probably the worst, fiddliest thing about free OSs on a laptop.

>FWIW, suspend/resume is probably the worst, fiddliest thing about free OSs on a laptop.

Sadly I agree.

My requirements for a laptop are:

1. Working suspend resume

2. Good touch pad with working palm rejection

3. Good battery life

Sadly the only laptop that meets these requirements to my satisfaction is my macbook.

XPS 13 Developer edition meets these requirements. The touch pad isn't as good as a MacBook (none are) but it's plenty sufficient for working when not at a desk and if you do Docker based development having a Linux OS is actually much more performant.

I agree! Specially after I installed a different desktop environment (Plasma KDE, which is beautiful) as Ubuntu's default was really poor in my opinion! Now, I honestly don't know if I prefer my Mac (used mostly for work) or my Dell :) which is great!

Going from a MacBook trackpad to literally any other laptop is an exercise in extreme frustration. Even going from Mac OS X to Windows in Boot Camp makes one want to pull their hair out.

> Going from a MacBook trackpad to literally any other laptop is an exercise in extreme frustration.

For you.

I don't mind TrackPoint on thinkpads at all. In fact I would probably prefer that usually.

Everybody's got different tastes. It's not a problem.

I've owned five or six thinkpads over the years and in my opinion the only reason people feel the trackpoint is acceptable is because the trackpads on those machines are so awful. I used to prefer the trackpoint too, until I used a laptop with a trackpad that wasn't hot garbage.

For example the trackpoint on my T70 actually drifts backwards in the opposite direction after you let go, and this is typical for trackpoints in my experience. It's just not a very good pointing device.

Pixelbook with Crostini has treated me well.

I run Mint (now 19.3) on a T420 Thinkpad, and suspend/Resume has always just worked as expected.

I don't recall having to jump through hoops when I originally setup the machine about 3 years ago.

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