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1. Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 06-Aug-2022 03:51:35 UTC Bernie

   omg, my #System76 Lemur Pro arrived! 🎁

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 06-Aug-2022 20:20:56 UTC Bernie

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     Opening the big box reveals a tiny 12" laptop. #System76

   • maryam@mstdn.io's status on Saturday, 06-Aug-2022 20:27:27 UTC Maryam

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     @codewiz I would advise against if I knew it was 12". I think 13 is the lower limit.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 06-Aug-2022 20:45:35 UTC Bernie

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     > TAKE LAPTOP
     You pick up the Laptop.

     > EXAMINE LAPTOP
     The new lemp11 looks identical to the previous Lemur Pro: a lightweight laptop you can easily take with you anywhere.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 06-Aug-2022 20:59:01 UTC Bernie

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     The #System76 Lemur Pro is almost identical in shape and size to my old Thinkpad X1 Carbon. It will fit perfectly in my smaller backpack 👍

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 06-Aug-2022 21:10:45 UTC Bernie

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     There is only one USB-C port, and both the USB-A ports are blue, so they should be at least USB 3.0, and likely 3.2. #System76

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 06-Aug-2022 21:18:38 UTC Bernie

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     Yes, USB 3.2, but which generation? 🤓

     From the tech specs of the #System76 Lemur Pro, I learn that I have one USB-A 3.2 Gen 2 port and one USB-A 3.2 Gen 1... but since they're both blue, I can't tell which one is the bestest. 🤔

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 06-Aug-2022 21:33:24 UTC Bernie

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     To be clear, there is little Ststem76 could have done: the situation with USB connectors, cables and names has become super confusing, and the USB Industrial Forum is primarily to be blamed for this mess.
     https://www.kingston.com/en/blog/personal-storage/usb-3-2-gen2x2

   • Peter Bjørn ☯️🌗 (neglesaks@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 06-Aug-2022 21:44:14 UTC Peter Bjørn ☯️🌗

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     @codewiz This is a train wreck of confusion.

   • Stephen Brooks 🦆 (sjb@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 06-Aug-2022 21:48:04 UTC Stephen Brooks 🦆

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     @codewiz Original names look good. And if they didn't want to link version number to speed, could have done USB 3.2-20G etc.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 06-Aug-2022 22:39:07 UTC Bernie

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     After dealing with the important question of USB versions, it's time for beers with teammates 🍻

     At the pub, we power up the new machine and it boots straight into #PopOS!

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 06-Aug-2022 22:48:16 UTC Bernie

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     To prove that we're running a legit #Linux distro, my coworkers quickly install the ascii-art demos aafire and cmatrix.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 06-Aug-2022 22:49:48 UTC Bernie

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     #PopOS is simply a fork of Ubuntu 22.04 with some nice UX improvements.

     The initial setup proceeds smoothly, encrypts.my hard drive with my chosen password, and reboots into a nice desktop session. Well done, #System76!

     https://pop.system76.com/

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 06-Aug-2022 22:51:43 UTC Bernie

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     • Stephen Brooks 🦆

     @sjb Indeed!!!

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 06-Aug-2022 22:57:39 UTC Bernie

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     • Charles U. Farley

     @freakazoid They say it's assembled in Colorado, but the mainboard and the LCD panel likely come from a factory in Taiwan or Shenzhen.

     Still, kudos to #System76 for assembling and shipping my laptop in less than a week!

   • Charles U. Farley (freakazoid@retro.social)'s status on Saturday, 06-Aug-2022 22:57:40 UTC Charles U. Farley

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     @codewiz Could well be made in the same factory.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 06-Aug-2022 23:23:15 UTC Bernie

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     In the box we also found these nice #System76 and #PopOS sticker sets.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 06-Aug-2022 23:40:39 UTC Bernie

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     A very compact 65W AC adapter is included, albeit not USB-C (whyyyyy?)

     The Lemur Pro can also charge via USB-C, but I'd have to check if it's equally fast. When traveling, I want to take with me a single USB-C charger for all my devices. #System76

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 06-Aug-2022 23:59:19 UTC Bernie

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     • System76

     On the back of the #unleashyourpotential card, I find a warm welcome message.

     Thank you @system76, so far the customer experience has been 100% positive would purchase again 👍

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 01:37:55 UTC Bernie

     • veer66

     @veer66 wtf... I can't imagine what the other two could be
     🔌⚡🔋⛽

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 02:10:51 UTC Bernie

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     A familiar #GNOME Initial Setup guides me through some configuration screens...

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 02:33:18 UTC Bernie

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     But I hit the first UX glitch: I mistyped the Wi-Fi password, and there's no way to retype it.

     So I bypass the setup interface and connected manually from the Settings panel, but the Initial Setup app won't notice it. So I have to Skip... 😕

     This is likely an upstream bug present in all Linux distros which ship #GNOME 42, but #System76 is ultimately responsible for the integrated customer experience, so I'm blaming them anyway 😏

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 02:35:19 UTC Bernie

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     • Martín Abente Lahaye

     @tchx84, would #GNOME take a bug report from a #PopOS user, or do I have to reproduce this on a more pristine GNOME desktop?

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 02:41:49 UTC Bernie

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     I open the #GNOME Settings app, and immediately notice a new entry: OS Upgrade & Recovery. Is this also present on a vanilla Ubuntu 22.04? I don't think so...

     Anyway, there's already a pending update for the system recovery partition. Good, let's do it!

     Now I'm curious to see how the
     #PopOS recovery process works... Nice touch.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 03:05:49 UTC Bernie

     • veer66

     @veer66 lol 😃

     There's a special place in hell for device vendors that don't do standard USB-C charging.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 03:51:45 UTC Bernie

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     Next, I open "Pop!_Shop", which is essentially GNOME Software with a gibberish #PopOS name.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 03:52:22 UTC Bernie

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     The suggested apps seem reasonable, but I didn't see the expected warnings for proprietary software such as #Steam:
     https://mstdn.io/@codewiz/108725611206503837

     Perhaps Pop!_Shop is based on an older release of #GNOME?

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 03:55:45 UTC Bernie

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     There are a number of pending updates including Pop!_Shop itself (every time I type that exclamation-mark + underscore sequence, I puke a little bit in my mouth).

     Anyway, kudos for writing detailed and meaningful release notes!

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 04:09:58 UTC Bernie

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     All updates installed smoothly (or so I believe, as GNOME Software has no obvious way to display the apt installation log).

     All of a sudden, the realization: no #Snapcraft 😲

     Yes! Firefox comes from a regular deb package, and #Flathub is enabled by default.

     #PopOS is a more usable Ubuntu for human beings, as we like to remember it before Canonical fucked it up with #Snap 🤬

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 04:10:12 UTC Bernie

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     (to put it nicely)

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 04:16:38 UTC Bernie

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     Moving on, battery life is as good as I expected from a laptop powered by an Alder Lake processor 👍

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 04:19:53 UTC Bernie

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     The refreshed lemp11 comes with the ultra low-power i7-1255U.

     I looked around for reliable benchmarks of this model before ordering it, to no avail:
     https://mstdn.io/@codewiz/108600866627672834

     I guess now I can run my own benchmarks and publish them for the rest of you geeks! 🤓

     #system76 #intel #benchmarks

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 09:39:18 UTC Bernie

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     Correction: the Lemur Pro is 14" and not 12".
     Nobody calls my bullshit??

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 17:31:29 UTC Bernie

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     • Charles U. Farley

     @freakazoid They use coreboot and Open EC:
     https://support.system76.com/articles/open-firmware-systems/

     Here's the top-level repo with instructions to build and flash:
     https://github.com/system76/firmware-open

     I'll try this soon, before moving my system to the new laptop.

   • Charles U. Farley (freakazoid@retro.social)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 17:31:30 UTC Charles U. Farley

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     @codewiz When I first looked at them it appeared they were just selling branded white label laptops, so I passed. Sounds like it may be time to take another look. Does the laptop come with LibreBoot?

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 23:48:01 UTC Bernie

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     • Maryam

     @Maryam Ah, my bad: the Lemur Pro is actually 14".

     And they also have larger 15" and 17" laptops for those who like bulky high-performance laptops:
     https://system76.com/laptops/oryx
     https://system76.com/laptops/gazelle

     The Oryx and Gazelle also come with #Coreboot firmware and Linux preinstalled and fully supported, which are #System76's main advantage over other vendors.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 23:58:32 UTC Bernie

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     • Adam Dawson

     @adamd It's your duty! 😂

   • Adam Dawson (adamd@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 23:58:33 UTC Adam Dawson

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     @codewiz I went to the System76 site to check out the 12" model but couldn't find it. I will call you out next time. :)