Ask HN: How’s Your Experience with System76

13 points·mraza007··6 comments

Do you think it’s worth buying system76 over dell xps or lenovo thinkpad

I've got nearly five years on my Wild Dog Pro, a desktop machine I purchased from System76. It is my daily driver and, outside of a loose power socket that I will need to eventually address, promises to remain so for another five.

A month or so ago, I reached out to them using their customer support form asking for advice on a graphics card upgrade. I got a response within 24 hours that was clear and helpful. If they ever offer desktop (or even laptop) worthy ARM based systems, I shall aim to be amongst the first in line.

Having a good customer service can be really good and for me matters alot

Yes, it just works better. I have a tpad X1 with pop os and a lemur and the lemur is easy easier day to day, I'm always rebooting the x1.

I do recommend maxing it out, i got a cheaper spec and it can be sluggish for multiple heavy loads, like three browsers at once (cpu bound).

Nice Can you install your own linux distro on system76 laptop

Yes. I certainly do, running a Kubuntu install. If you are using a Ubuntu base, consider installing their Nvidia driver package.

You can for sure, but part of the appeal is that they've fixed some driver issues and daily usability stuff with pop os. Overall, though, the laptops are fine hardware and support Linux out of the box.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com