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Slimbook - Linux Computers and Laptops (Spanish company)

Slimbook - The Best Linux Computers and Laptops

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Neat. I dig some of the industrial design on the thin laptops.
Gotta say, though, the "Here's how to try to fix sleep issues on Linux" blog post being right there on the front page is... telling.
- Actually that's helpful, Linux does have a bunch of sleep issues due to its hodgepodge nature.
  Oh but their tutorial is for suckers still on grub. What is this 1914???
- Geez, if you want a non-Windows system that works right OOTB, get a Mac.
  /s

Sadly this is almost certainly just a Clevo (Taiwan-based company) laptop re-branded and with maybe a few customizations. I'm not saying this is a bad choice but the EU desperately needs a laptop manufacturer, from scratch.
- idk, i've not seen their designs elsewhere and they offer pretty bonkers customisation.
  
  Most of their laptops are clevo ODMs, but they also have some clevo OEM models.
- We had an assembler in Portugal (JP Sa Couto) that assembled Intel-only machines. They marketed the Tsunami brand, both laptop and desktop, and even had a line of computers shipping with Linux, either with Caixa Magica (then based off SUSE Linux) or Ubuntu.
  They pulled such a stunt with a public tender they managed to get involved in a serious corruption case that led the company to bankrupcy. The company won the tender to supply EeePCs to schools, both ASUS branded and a local remix of the EeePC called Magalhães. The shit was they trampled over the then legitimate ASUS representative here, going over their head and making a deal with another european representative of the brand. It was a veritable shit show and cost the bankrupcy of two large companies.

Good to see this topic come up. Been using Linux mint for about a month and I can say i don't miss windows at all.
Also consider Tuxedo computers, linux focused and HQ'd in Germany.

Why do so many of their laptops have numpads? I don’t want to type with my hands offset to the left I want to type straight on, no numpad, centralised letters.
- I will not buy a laptop or a keyboard without a numpad. Can’t type numbers quickly on the top row. I guess there are more like me.
  
  Choice would be nice. Also a trackpoint.
  
  I also want the numpads. I read somewhere that if you have a French keyboard, it is a must to have it. I don’t remember why.
  
  Yeah horses for courses right?
  I don’t mind numpads per say - on a desktop keyboard it’s fine, I guess. Even I personally won’t be using them, at least they don’t get too much in the way. I can touch type numbers just fine on the top row. I don’t like to move my hands from the home row if I can help it, least of all for numeric input. And I also hate offset typing, feels like driving a car with the pedals off to one side of your seat, bad ergo.
  But I guess if numpads on laptops are your thing, it’s great for you.

I am eyeing Tuxedo but also have to say I'm considering Asus. Not European, but IMHO Taiwan is less problematic than China or the US. And their track record and community are simply a lot more established.

Glad to see a brand focusing on linux notebooks, but only intel / amd ? - maybe needs that big battery / fans ...?
- Well what is there to choose from? Qualcomm didn’t deliver on their promised Linux support… most other SoCs are either poorly supported or pretty weak

Damn, I like their prices, and the product seems good! Might actually consider when upgrading soon...
I just wonder about warranty / repairs.
- I don't know about warranty but they have an extensive parts list. I just replaced the battery on a laptop I bought 5 years or so ago from them.
  
  Good to know!
  I also found out about the warranty later on, if anyone stumble in here, it's 3 years in Spain and 2 years for the rest of Europe.

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