Hi,

I might need to give away my Surface Pro 7 soon, and I’m considering what laptop to buy next. For a MS laptop, the surface behaved rather well on linux. Well, if it wasn’t for the cameras, which never worked. I’m now wondering which laptop has good hardware support, that would be kinda like a surface, a 2-in-1 laptop. As in, detachable keyboard, that can operate in tablet mode and then once you attach the keyboard you have a full laptop. But with full Linux/cameras/everything support?

Does such thing exist? Thanks!

  • NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.comEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Lenovo has one that comes to mind. I’ve seen this one at Best Buy that’s a Chromebook and may be a good candidate for Linux upgrade with a detachable keyboard that is very much like the Surface’s. It’s the Lenovo IdeaPad Duet 5. Here’s a screenshot

    Decent specs but not the best and okay price, especially compared to the Windows prices.

    I’m not too familiar with how compatible this is with Linux, but I have installed Linux on other Chromebooks in the past and ChromeOS is a Linux distro of sorts, so it should work. One reason I’m more into Chromebooks for Linux candidates is that they have USB type C charging standard and they are typically cheaper as brand new machines. The only thing I hate is that they don’t have a caps lock key but that weird search key in place of it.

    But might be something to check out.