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<div>Hi Oded,</div>
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<div>I’ve searched the Internet for a while in order to change my laptop in a not so distant future – i hope! – and I would suggest a Lenovo Thinkpad. They seem to be used by RedHat developers, so you shouldn’t have any problem with Fedora ;). Dell have some
nice computers too, but I can’t vouch for hardware support. But for your own sake, I would suggest to stay away from « gaming » laptops and keep Intel HD graphics – indeed, you never how far your BIOS can be configured, and thus can spend so much time with
drivers or tools like bumblebee, and so on, to get what I would call a « usable » laptop, but not an efficient one…</div>
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<div>Regarding your sound interface, I don’t know your budget and your request regarding IOs, but I would definitely recommend the new RME Babyface Pro. It’s crystal clear, with very low latency, and you get a full class compliant mode to run flawlessly under
Linux without any driver! With its convenient control panel, you thus get a nice plug and play device. I’ve seen some problems with latency on Scarletts, but we’re definitely not comparing same beasts and prices.</div>
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<div>Of course, it’s just my humble opinion and further researche and advice would be more than welcome.</div>
<div>Good luck and all the best,</div>
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<div class="gmail_quote">2017-03-22 9:57 GMT+01:00 Oded Ben-Tal <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:obental@gmail.com" target="_blank">obental@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Dear all,
<div>I'm looking to buy a new laptop (fortune favoured me and I got a bit of money that needs to be spend by May...)</div>
<div>Any suggestions for a linux friendly laptop that is on the quieter side? A 14"-15" size since its my main work tool (12" is cool and all but too small for working everyday on). </div>
<div>And the sound interface question. I'll need a new USB interface (presuming these should work under linux. Am I right?) One option is focusrite Scarlett 6i6 anyone happens to use one?</div>
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