11/14/2023 0 Comments Fedora 27 workstation netbook![]() ![]() Krita 4.0.x doesn't really suffer while painting on a It's the file format and resolution I use for the page of my webcomic Pepper&Carrot. when compiling Krita or rendering scene with Blender).I also experienced opening the case to add or remove a SSD, something possible to do in 5 min without damaging the unit and with a simple small screw driver. The sound of the fan is even not really loud while using all the power of the CPUs (eg. The laptop doesn't suffer particularly of being very hot and keep relatively silent all the time (I tested it in the hot days when I traveled to India for a conference). I also like the fact it has almost the same size than my tablet Wacom Intuos4 Medium (see photo under) it's a good pair of hardware when I'm traveling. That's probably because Purism have all their in-house dev porting directly fix into Debian testing. I had no problem with Ubuntu or Fedora on it it's clearly the type of hardware that has this potential of not being affected by many bugs related to hardware support. Installing a new GNU/Linux distro on it is a breeze: everything just work and the SeaBios makes everything so simple (far, far away all the horrors of the modern UEFI!). The laptop is simple to use, there is no surprise from the hardware to software. It is just written on the bottom of the laptop. I really like how the case is not branded with obtrusive logos or texts. The anodized aluminum case feels really high quality. GPU: Sixth Generation Intel HD Graphics 520.Įxternal case: It's a slim, minimalistic and beautiful object. The PC boot at first with dialogs to configure a preinstalled PureOS (Purism in-house GNU/Linux distro very similar to Debian-testing with GNOME desktop).ĬPU: Intel Processor, Two Cores, Four Threads, 3.10GHz i7-6500U. The power charger is standard size as what we could see on the market since the last 15 years still too big for a modern slim PC laptop, in my opinion. In the past year with my previous laptops, I was used to "no-name" unboxing experience: cardboard colored style from e-shop who were just rebranding quickly and with minimum of effort cheap Clevo so it's a good surprise for me to see the Librem13 was packaged with care and with elegant branded black and white box and a dedicated Quick Start Guide. The question now: is this laptop a good one for digital painting on GNU/Linux ? Unboxing: I also could test three GNU/Linux distribution: PureOS, Fedora GNOME and Ubuntu 17.10. ![]() In the last 7 month, I accumulated experience with this hardware (I took it for my course in Paris, conference in India, in Switzerland and recently in Poland.). So, since October 2017 I have this laptop with me and because I saw a lot of curious on social network, I thought it was good time to make a review. At that time, they proposed me to contribute to my Pepper&Carrot project by sending me a shiny new Librem13 laptop. Last year Purism contacted me after they read on the Pepper&Carrot blog that my laptop has been stolen in the burglary of my house. ![]()
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