[GTALUG] brands matter; Lenovo's brands

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Sat, Sep 16, 2023 at 03:13:58AM -0400, Evan Leibovitch via talk wrote:
> I forgot to mention.
> 
> One area where branding can come in handy is in identifying a niche in
> which the brand establishes a reputation for expertise.
> 
> If running Linux and having it explicitly supported by your hardware is
> critical to you, then you are part of the market that brands such as Tuxedo
> <https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en> and System76 <https://system76.com/>
> are seeking. (The latter even makes its own distribution
> <https://pop.system76.com/>!) Conversely, if you want to support brands
> that identify your needs as explicitly worthy of support, then giving them
> your business will contribute towards keeping these brands healthy.

I saw a video recently where Louis Rossmann gave an update on having
used his Framework laptop for a couple of years now.  Mostly happy,
although he still misses the natural layout of the thinkpad keyboard.
He runs linux and most things work, except apparently sleep mode doesn't
work properly so the battery still drains quite a bit in sleep mode
which of course it shouldn't.

The Framework laptops at least look interesting.

-- 
Len Sorensen