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   Florian Haas (xahteiwi@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 23:21:03 JST Florian Haas

   All right Fediverse to your thing: who has good suggestions for low-power, lightweight arm laptops?

   I am currently on the Pinebook Pro but it's showing clear signs of wear and tear, plus there's the issue that it'll only really support Manjaro going forward (I want to run Ubuntu, armbian is OK) , and it's no longer available with my preferred keyboard layout.

   Pinebook would be a downgrade. MNT Reform is way too thick. Huawei Qingyun is hard to get.

   Any other ideas?

   https://www.makeuseof.com/arm-laptop-linux/

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Sunday, 19-Nov-2023 23:21:02 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     @xahteiwi I realize this is over a year later...did you end up getting something new? What did you get?

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     Florian Haas (xahteiwi@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 20-Nov-2023 00:32:56 JST Florian Haas

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     • Kit Rhett Aultman
     • Daniël Franke 🏳️‍🌈

     @roadriverrail I still haven't got anything new. 🙂

     But @ainmosni has a review of my current top contender:
     https://berlin.social/@ainmosni/111328855915133822

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Monday, 20-Nov-2023 00:32:56 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     • Daniël Franke 🏳️‍🌈

     @xahteiwi @ainmosni ah, so gave up on the ARM requirement

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     Florian Haas (xahteiwi@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 20-Nov-2023 00:42:39 JST Florian Haas

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     • Kit Rhett Aultman

     @roadriverrail Are you aware of anything in the arm64 space that's actually better than the PBP?

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Monday, 20-Nov-2023 00:42:39 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     @xahteiwi I'm not...I was rather hoping to find that you'd found something to fit the bill so I could follow your example. 😅

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     Kit Rhett Aultman (roadriverrail@signs.codes)'s status on Monday, 20-Nov-2023 02:20:20 JST Kit Rhett Aultman

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     @xahteiwi I think my concern there was around Manjaro. I tend to stick with Ubuntu so I can throw Regolith on it.

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     Florian Haas (xahteiwi@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 20-Nov-2023 02:20:21 JST Florian Haas

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     • Kit Rhett Aultman

     @roadriverrail I'm still happy to recommend the PBP if you want a low-power laptop and don't mind the US ANSI keyboard (they appear to not make the ISO keyboard layout anymore).