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LMDE7 Remastering
Adopting LMDE7 private domain-wide, several non-tech users. We use Debian-based in any production environment. I want to set up a new LMDE7 install as a master distro with special apps such as backup tools, browser setups and tweaks, other specifics such as ricing, to create a new ISO from. I...- RustyJacobz
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Which laptop for Linux 2026 in Cape Town?
I always keep my devices on charge and they typically last a decade or two, or into a third decade.- RustyJacobz
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Which laptop for Linux 2026 in Cape Town?
To many, Linux is serious gaming.- RustyJacobz
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Which laptop for Linux 2026 in Cape Town?
But it should be upgradeable and Linux capable then?- RustyJacobz
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Which laptop for Linux 2026 in Cape Town?
I never knew the T580 but the T460 was the goat in my Thinkpad days.- RustyJacobz
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Which laptop for Linux 2026 in Cape Town?
Worked all night, drafted contracts in preparation for meeting with a client today, deleted my Arch iso and downloaded LMDE7 + Penguin Eggs to remaster the new system for corporate wide deployment, so that all of us have the exact same OS setup. I love doing this, in my mid-sixties. Pikabakup...- RustyJacobz
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Which laptop for Linux 2026 in Cape Town?
Business expense. Do you know what a MacbookPro with similar specs will cost? Local Mac pimp quoted me around R160k.- RustyJacobz
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Which laptop for Linux 2026 in Cape Town?
I used to run MXLinux Xfce 32-bit on a 23 year old Acer laptop with 2GB RAM as a mail mule until a year ago. Linux does old rather well.- RustyJacobz
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Which laptop for Linux 2026 in Cape Town?
Rather this one, if in stock. https://computermania.co.za/products/asus-proart-p16-h7606wp-16-oled-amd-ryzen-ai-9-32gb-lpddr5-ram-1tb-ssd-rtx5070-8gb-black- RustyJacobz
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Which laptop for Linux 2026 in Cape Town?
I might be picking up some ASUS TUF 16 thingy tomorrow. Very well specced.- RustyJacobz
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Which laptop for Linux 2026 in Cape Town?
Decades ago, I sold Thinkpads and just never had a single comeback. T-series, X1 seem okay today? Or a refurbished T460/470/480.- RustyJacobz
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Which laptop for Linux 2026 in Cape Town?
Is Dell still a thing in SA? I was told the Lenovo LOQ models aren't advised for Linux. I can wait and import System76.- RustyJacobz
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Which laptop for Linux 2026 in Cape Town?
Budget irrelevant.....buying this instead of 16" full-spec MBP.- RustyJacobz
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Which laptop for Linux 2026 in Cape Town?
No. But different distros work differently with different hardware. #25yearsexperience Display is ideally laptop spec, but I might get a Galaxy Tab S whatever Ultra instead, to use with DeX on a Samsung monitor, with external keyb & mouse + USB-C hub. 1TB microSD card. Saves me from buying...- RustyJacobz
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Which laptop for Linux 2026 in Cape Town?
Hello. I am from Generation Jones and a Linux user for 25-odd years. I need to upgrade to 16" 4K display, or at least 15.6"4K. Use case typically would include heavy spreadsheets, presentations, word processing plus 4K video editing in KDEnlive, which uses CPU and not GPU. Would you...- RustyJacobz
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