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1. Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 20:04:06 UTC Bernie

   Running an array of benchmarks from the #Phoronix Test Suite on my old and new laptop to see how they compare.

   I expect to see similar single-core performance, but better results on multithreaded loads. They're also running different distros, which might skew some results.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 20:10:40 UTC Bernie

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     • Rx0n7

     @Rx0n7 The old machine is a Thinkpad X1G7 with an i7-10710U.

     The new laptop is this baby:
     https://mstdn.io/@codewiz/108778362968683738

     I will upload all the results to OpenBenchmarking.org

   • rx0n7@mastodon.social's status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 20:10:41 UTC Rx0n7

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     @codewiz specs?

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 21:39:06 UTC Bernie

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     The Timed LLVM Compilation test is taking forever on the my old ThinkPad... 💀

     But I checked, and it's using all 12 cores (as shown by the CPU monitor widget on my desktop). #benchmarks

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 21:45:56 UTC Bernie

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     While waiting for the benchmark results, I'll build coreboot and the Open EC firmware for my new baby ⚒️

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 21:49:35 UTC Bernie

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     The #System76 firmware build process is fully automated, and a real pleasure to watch 🤩

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 21:56:45 UTC Bernie

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     Hats off to the #System76 engineers who delivered this slick developer experience:
     https://github.com/system76/firmware-open
     #coreboot #openhardware

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 22:02:44 UTC Bernie

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     And, it's done! Now let's hope this easy peasy firmware flash procedure doesn't brick my new Lemur Pro... 🙏
     https://photos.app.goo.gl/NPn3mWBWjWsnrETj7
     #system76 #coreboot

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 22:25:44 UTC Bernie

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     The #System76 setup menu is somewhat minimalistic, but there's a version, and that's enough to confirm that it's indeed running my scratch build from git head.

     I guess I won't have to learn any recovery procedures today 😅

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 22:48:17 UTC Bernie

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     Ok, time to open up the case! 🪛
     #System76 #RightToRepair

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 22:56:27 UTC Bernie

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     Let's take a good look at the insides of the new #System76 lemp11 🤩

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 07-Aug-2022 23:21:25 UTC Bernie

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     The NVMe drive is a cheap WD Blue, but I entirely expected it: I always buy my laptops with the minimum storage option because it's cheaper to buy NVMe drives separately. In this regard, #System76 is no different from other hardware vendors.

     Whenever I upgrade my PC or laptop, I simply move the old drive with my home and OS partitions. Thanks to #UEFI and Secure Boot, nowadays getting it to boot has become more complicated, but Linux doesn't mind moving across machines.

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Monday, 08-Aug-2022 00:11:39 UTC Bernie

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     • Charles U. Farley

     @freakazoid Even if you could, I would still recommend getting the cheapest storage option for the integrated "first boot" process and to try #PopOS at least once.

     #Ubuntu Jammy users will probably consider switching at this point. I think I'll keep using Fedora with KDE, but I would recommend PopOS to almost anyone who wants a polished and integrated Linux experience.

   • Charles U. Farley (freakazoid@retro.social)'s status on Monday, 08-Aug-2022 00:11:40 UTC Charles U. Farley

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     @codewiz Will they ship with no drive at all? I just bought a 2TB NVMe drive for my X280 and would want to transplant it.