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XPS should be "developer laptops". They even come with Linux. So I tried two.

Never experienced a more faulty keyboard on a computer in my life. Hanging keys, firmware updates that never really fixed the problem, support forums full of same questions. I'll never buy one again.

Too bad as I wanted to support "big brand w/ Linux preinstalled".

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“ I wanted to support "big brand w/ Linux preinstalled"”

Look at Lenovo maybe :)

Got one from them now. But not a Linux pre-installed model, sadly.

Even a total Linux noob like myself (never touched it in my life) that installed his last OS like over a decade ago got Ubuntu on a X1E Gen 2 in around 30 minutes. No issues, Windows stays for the odd things that don't work under Linux (some Steam games, mostly...).

I'm running linux for a while now (20y+). I got it to work well on the Yoga7 Slim, but it required some tweaking (which I dont mind).

X and T lines seem to do better with linux out of the box.

On the other hand, I have a XPS 15 9500 I use with Linux all day and never had an issue with anything. Always suspends, never wakes up by itself, no hardware issues... My work 16" MBP on the other hand killed the battery after one week in "suspend" when I was on vacation, probably due to the Power Nap functionality, which sounds pretty much like the Modern Standby being talked on.

Just heads up: Danish cities can't buy Lenovo laptops, at least certain models, because Lenovo can't guarantee that they are not made using Uyghur slave labour.

So if that's important to you, maybe don't buy Lenovo.

Wow. Gotta give it to the Danish.

> can't guarantee that they are not made using Uyghur slave labour.

That's big corp speak for admitting they do, right?

Hanging keys... I had that issue when I bought my last XPS secondhand. A tech came out and replaced the keyboard, and that was that.

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