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0 pointsasveikau6y ago0 comments

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.

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na856y ago

>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.

allset_6y ago

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.

brabel6y ago

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!

selectodude6y ago

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.

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scarmig6y ago

Pixelbook with Crostini has treated me well.

linker30006y ago

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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