Hacker NewsI fondly remember my student days of running Ubuntu on a tiny Thinkpad X61 w/ a 12" 1024×768 screen.
So a few weeks ago I started to wonder what the best ultraportable laptop for running Linux is nowadays.
I know these are somewhat arbitrary, personal constraints of mine (that the X61 also did not meet) but is it possible that there are (almost) no options for a laptop w/
- no fan
- 190+ dpi
?
I think I'd even be willing to accept battery life that's just "ok" if the screen is sharp for rendering text and passively cooled.
With 100s of vendors I thought there surely must be dozens of options.
But I have trouble finding any options from within the last 10 years.
And I mean not only no options specifically for running Linux "ok" but any options at all (e.g. compromising on Windows + WSL 2).
Except from Apple.
The 12" Macbook and current Macbook Air M1-M4.
Is that really it?
A close miss I found is the Thinkpad X13s that comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon (!).
It is fanless but it has a 160 dpi screen which unfortunately places it in the "almost good but still blurry" uncanny valley when it comes to text rendering.
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