Linux reviews 2017 install#
It's running a fairly clean install of Gnome 3 for a GUI, and I'm a fan. Out of the box, the Debian-based OS looks great, and I find it very intuitive and user-friendly.
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Also, one time the āLā key stopped working and I had to reboot to get it back. It feels soft and imprecise to me, but this is more of a taste issue and I've definitely gotten better on it over time.
Linux reviews 2017 software#
Outside of the fact that the surface is less pleasing to use than the glass of my MacBook's touchpad, cursor movement actually feels laggy when I'm using the touchpad, and I don't know whether the hardware or software is to blame. The Librem 13's touchpad is not tolerable. It's only in recent years that touchpads on Windows computers have become tolerable to me. But I can totally imagine someone in a more sensitive line of work than me, or a few more things to be paranoid about, buying this laptop specifically for these reasons. Good or bad, I just don't worry very much about privacy and security outside of good password hygiene. I'll be honest with you: it's all probably overkill for me. The laptop also runs on the Coreboot firmware, instead of the Intel Management Engine, which is another big plus to security. Think of Edward Snowden's famous request for reporters to put their devices in a fridge to block radio signals, or Mark Zuckerberg's placement of tape on his webcam.
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These hardware "kill switches" are a privacy nut's dream. The biggest standout about the Librem 13's hardware are two physical switches on the hinge, one to disable the webcam and microphone, and another to disable Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. This customizability is rare in this MacBook Air-ish form factor, and I really appreciate it. On the plus side, the shell is completely void of branding, and you can actually open up the computer to swap RAM and storage, with support for both SATA and NVMe M.2 drives, and regular 2.5-inch drives.
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That opens a command line where you simply enter: >altdeski and then click the RUN button.The Librem 13 is a minimalistic-looking laptop with a slightly old Core i5 6200U Skylake processor a cheap keyboard a low-quality, 13.3-inch, 1080p matte screen and a bad multitouch touchpad. Just click on the Run Command utility in the main menu.
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The chooser tool is easy to use, even for n00bs. After you install the default Trinity desktop, you can run the desktop installation chooser tool to install any of the other supported desktops ā and repeat the process as often as you want to try out your favourite environments or change up your computing routine. It also lets users do something that nearly all other distros with multiple desktops do not. Being able to use other desktop options makes Q4OS more attractive. Prior to this latest Q4OS release, Trinity was the only desktop option available.
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Along the way, the Trinity desktop refined the ageing interface in KDE3 and forged new life and popularity among steadfast users. The K Desktop became more settled in current KDE5 releases. KDE was morphing into a desktop with a new design direction and changed functionality through KDE4 Plasma evolution. A community of programmers forked Trinity from the last release of the KDE3 version 3.5.10 desktop in 2008.