I had a Surface Pro, and had trouble setting up a Mint on it due to missing drivers for the keyboard
There is a custom kernel for surface devices, and you might need it. Github
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I had a Surface Pro, and had trouble setting up a Mint on it due to missing drivers for the keyboard
There is a custom kernel for surface devices, and you might need it. Github
I got this laptop late last year. It works perfectly with Linux. And it is good as a development laptop while I'm watching TV. I was looking at the Framework and other upgradable laptops. But I couldn't get anywhere near the specs for anywhere near the price.
Old Thinkpad 😎
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Make friends with a German. We're not that bad. Hehe...
Poles: "Don't invite them over for beer..."
Along that idea, there are mail forwarding services that will accept delivery of items in their home country, verify the contents, then forward them to you. OP, I don't know what companies do that for Switzerland, but that would be worth checking out.
The reason the framework won't be available in Switzerland is because Switzerland is this weird sort of independent enclave in the middle of the European Union. Because of this a lot of products are not available in Switzerland that are available in surrounding countries so there'll be plenty of mail forwarding Services I imagine.
System76?
+1 for System76. Linux support by default and they ship to Switzerland
Just fyi, there plastic can be pretty bad. I have two of their laptops and they use very cheap plastic. Both have the hinges messed up. I can't take them anywhere anymore.
Love popos and their desktops, but until they fix their laptops, I wouldn't buy one of them again.
im not sure this applies to Switzerland but Framework now allows freight forwarding within the EU it seems (it also seems recent as most older discussion says it was prohibited).
https://knowledgebase.frame.work/en_us/eu-unsupported-SJByUb7a
Also, I think a delivery to Switzerland is not too far out as they have finalized a keyboard layout a while ago and this is a necessary step before delivery.
(Notice how there is Sweden in that list which is now available for a laptop to order too officially).
I'm hoping these countries get expanded to soon!
I've heard good things about Tuxedo . No idea if they're available in Switzerland.
I'm honestly looking for something with a bit more vram than either of these companies offer. I'm 99% new to Linux, I want to play games on my laptop, but I'm dead set on not getting tied down by Win 11.
I got a Slimbook executive 14 (spanish company), which is identical to Tuxedo's infinity book pro 14.
Loving it so far! Not helpful on the vram front though.
The only thing that might do it ( assuming you want thin and light) would be a razer blade with a 3000 series nvidia they must be fully compatible with linux, otherwise their lambda labs tensorbook collaboration wouldn't work.
I have been using Linux on laptops as main/only compute since around 1997 (started with an Inspiron 4000, PII-400 IIRC), Dell is generally extremely boring and very Linux/BSD compatible. I have been buying gently used Precision models (typically using local marketplace, Craigslist in USA) as they tend to have better build quality and non-janky custom parts (think "winmodem"). They last forever, pretty much every Linux/BSD distro works. The most important thing is to stay away from Broadcom chips and look for Intel eth/wifi. Stay away from Inspiron to avoid hardware problems, in modern times those are the bottom of the barrel janky hardware.
The Dell Latitude line used by businesses are even more boring than Precisions and really always have been - their BIOS has a somewhat unique charging profile "always plugged in" to extend battery life - I use two ancient E6330 models tuned to super low power modes as mini-servers (think anything you'd use a raspberry Pi for) that have been chugging away for probably 5+ years just running cron jobs, backups, Syncthing services and whatever I toss on them. Throw an SSD in anything and it just works - power goes out, batteries act as UPS. $100 USD each, "just work".
Thinkpads have always been a Linux favorite, at least the old models when IBM owned the brand but not too sure about the Lenovo modern ones. Last Thinkpad I owned was a 32bit one back in like maybe 2010 and it worked just fine. They tend to be more expensive used than Dells (retain their purchase price better, like a nice used auto).
Personally, I have also had great experiences with the HP line of business laptops - Probooks and Elitebook.
Lenovo Thinkpads are also good, especially the T and X series.
I have a 10th gen x1, I'm plenty happy with it
Depending on your needs, I ordered a Lenovo X1 carbon with Fedora on it direct from Lenovo. It is awesome and I'd be surprised if Lenovo doesn't ship to Switzerland.
I also just received a framework 13 for one of my family members and tbh it's pretty amazing. Might be worth looking into a mail forwarding service.
There is a company similar to Framework that is called Why! (With the !). Their headquarter is in Switzerland and they propose PCs that are easily repairable for a price a little cheaper if I remember. They follow the same principles as Framework, give it an eye!
I have to say, they really should come up with a different name. Searching and finding the website for a company named "Why!" is pretty much impossible with today's search engines.
Ahah, that's true, your best bet is to search the full name of the company: why! open computing
I don't know what Switzerland's keyboard layout situation is like.
kagis
It sounds like Switzerland has a distinct keyboard layout from Germany or France.
It sounds like there's a Swiss French keyboard layout, which is apparently also what Luxembourg uses:
This differs from the French layout:
https://kbdlayout.info/kbdfrna
There is also a Swiss German layout:
Which differs from the German layout:
If you're looking for a laptop with those layouts, you might have a hard time finding one from a small company, since it's going to need to be big enough to serve the Swiss market(s). Do you have a specific preference as to keyboard layout?