This week NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel all launched new chips designed for high-performance gaming laptops. And we’ve seen a lot of companies announce new notebooks powered by those chips. But so far most have had one thing in common: they ship with Windows 10. Now Spanish PC maker Slimbook has revealed new gaming laptop with […]
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System76 introduces Pangolin Linux laptop with Ryzen 4000U
The next Linux laptop from System76 will be a model with a 15.6 inch display and support for up to an AMD Ryzen 7 4700U processor. The System76 Pangolin laptop should be available soon for $849 and up. Like all System76 computers, the Pangolin will be available with a choice of Ubuntu or the company’s […]
XMG Core 14 is a thin and light gaming laptop with Intel Tiger Lake and NVIDIA graphics
The latest gaming laptop from XMG is designed to balance power with portability. The XMG Core 14 is a notebook that measures less than 0.7 inches thick and which weighs about about 3.3 pounds, but which packs a 28-watt Intel Tiger Lake processor, NVIDIA GeForce 1650 Max-P graphics, and a 14 inch, 120 Hz IPS […]
System76 Lemur Pro thin and light Linux laptop gets Tiger Lake refresh
Linux PC company System76 is updating its Lemur Pro thin and light laptop with a new version that supports up to an Intel Core i7-1165G7 processor. The new model comes about half a year after the company released a version powered by a less powerful Intel Comet Lake processor… and the upgrade from 10th-gen to […]
System76 Galago Pro Linux laptop now available with Intel Tiger Lake for $999 and up
As promised, Linux computer company System76 is now selling a 14 inch laptop powered by an Intel Tiger Lake processor with Intel Iris Xe graphics and optional support for NVIDIA graphics. The new System76 Galago Pro is now available for $999 and up. The laptop features a full HD matte display, a body that measures 12.8″ […]
Lilbits: Linux laptops, RISC-V hardware, and a ransomware attack (maybe)
Purism has been selling laptops designed to emphasize privacy and software freedom for a few years. But the company’s new Purism Librem 14 is the first of its Linux laptops to feature a 14 inch display. The laptop went up for pre-order in July, but it’s taken Purism a while to get all the necessary components […]
Lilbits: Xiaomi’s telescopic smartphone camera, Purism’s Linux phone that’s also a PC
In order to keep smartphones thin while still offering versatile camera features, smartphone makers have largely taken the same approach in recent years – instead of using cameras with lots of moving parts, throw a bunch of different stationary cameras on a phone. That way you can have different focal lengths to mimic the kind […]
3.1 pound System76 Galago Pro Linux laptop with Intel Tiger Lake coming soon
The System76 Galago Pro is a thin and light laptop powered by either Ubuntu Linux or Pop!_OS, which is a custom Linux distribution developed by System76. While the company has been offering versions of the Galago Pro for a few years, the latest version will be one of the first System76 laptops sporting an 11th-gen […]
Kubuntu Focus M2 is a smaller, faster Linux laptop
Less than a year after launching a Linux laptop featuring premium hardware, the makers of the Kubuntu Focus are back with the Kubuntu Focus M2. The new model features a faster processor, a smaller, lighter body, and still keeps premium features including a 144 Hz display and NVIDIA GeForce RTX graphics. It’s not cheap though: […]
Tuxedo Aura 15 is a Linux laptop with Ryzen 7 4700U for about $935 and up
The latest Linux laptop from German company Tuxedo Computers is a 3.6 pound notebook with a 15.6 inch full HD display, an AMD Ryzen 7 4700U processor, and a starting price of 799 Euros, or about $935 in US dollars. Like most computers from the company, the Tuxedo Aura 15 is available with a choice […]
Dell XPS 13 Developer Edition now available with Tiger Lake (and Ubuntu)
Dell’s thin and light XPS 13 laptop is now available with 11th-gen Intel Core “Tiger Lake” processor options, and as promised that means you can buy any of these models with a Tiger Lake chip: Dell XPS 13 with Windows 10 for $1000 and up Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 with Windows 10 for $1100 and […]
Lenovo brings Ubuntu to ThinkPad and ThinkStation PCs
Lenovo is expanding its line of Linux-friendly PCs. Last month the company began offering a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon notebook with Fedora Linux. Now the company says it will offer Ubuntu Linux on a range of ThinkPad notebooks and ThinkStation desktops. The first of these computers will be available starting this month, with additional models […]