Hi everyone, I use Linux on all my machines since a decade. Unfortunately my laptops are getting older and I will probably have to change them soon. Which Laptops would you recommend me to buy in 2025 a part Librem?

I don’t have a high budget but I’m still looking for something relatively recent. I looked on H-node but it seems that there are not a lot of recent things.

I use Debian as a distro.

  • paequ2English
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    2 days ago

    the keyboard failed multiple times, as well as one of the fans and eventually one thunderbolt port

    Aw, dang. That sucks.

    I’m typing this on a 2020 9310 and fortunately it’s been pretty solid for me. Everything still works great. If anything, the palm rests are a little worn now, but that’s about it. I also have an older XPS 9370 from 2018 that I keep as a spare and that’s still working fine as well.

    I haven’t had to open up this laptop yet, but good to know there are service manuals. Thanks!

    • KingRandomGuy@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      I’m glad to hear yours have been holding up! Maybe my friends and I were just particularly unlucky.

      The service manuals are available direct from Dell. For all the laptop’s faults in my experience, I do appreciate that the SSDs are socketed, as are the RAM sticks on the 15. I do also appreciate that Dell sells replacement batteries (and they aren’t glued in either!) as that’s usually the first part to need a swap.