I am using Lenovo Thinkpad L15 with AMD Ryzen 7 Pro. It is fast and is almost never getting hot. I never heard of any aloud fan sound from it. Installation of Arch Linux had no problem. But I am getting two errors: An error about "SECURE_DISPLAY" and another one about Bluetooth. Former one causes no problem as I see but you might have Bluetooth devices disconnected needlessly time to time. Other than that, I am very happy with this laptop. Battery life is also very good. Under normal load, it would go 6-8 hours. Under heavy load, it would probably be 4-6 hours. I am also very fan of Trackpad. I am using Sway and not a GUI app other than Firefox so I am trying to use keyboard everytime but when I needed a touch pad, it is there and very ergonomic.

On Sun, Jul 23, 2023, 04:58 Mark Stenglein <arch-general@markstenglein.com> wrote:

> - What Laptop do you use currently for Arch Linux?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dell_XPS_13_(9310)

Dell XPS 9310 Developer Edition (i7 model). It's the non-touch HD screen to avoid the shiny glare and increased power usage with the 4k/OLED options.

When I bought it the wireless card drivers weren't in the Kernel yet but these days I don't have any issues with it.

> - What do you use the Laptop for?

General use computer when I'm away from my desktop.

> - If you could buy any Laptop for Arch Linux right now, what would you buy?

Probably the latest Dell XPS Developer edition assuming it doesn't have any major issues.

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Mark Stenglein