I've been using a system 76 laptop for the past 3 years. Runs perfectly, no surprises. Unfortunately, I need a mac for work because the laptop service folks do not know what to do with linux and do not have a relationship with a vendor like system76.

Pros: The best development experience you can have. Everything is native linux. There is no beating that. This of course will be a problem if hobbies/work use windows. I've never been a windows person. So I've never missed it. Power and peripherals work on the system76 seamlessly.

Cons: Battery life. Runs out in about 2.5 hrs but its an AMD not an ARM.

I did run linux on a tower exclusively while I did my PhD. Did everything on it - code, writing my thesis in LaTeX, store data, connect to dropbox for backup, watch netflix, etc.

You're not missing much by dumping windows.

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xmcp123 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Really only Photoshop is the big gaping hole I feel as a linux user. Gimp is just atrocious.

There is a desktop webview of PhotoPea, but it's not the same.

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azakai 10 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Have you tried Photoshop's online version that runs in a Web browser?

(it uses wasm)

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gradstudent an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I thought the same about Gimp, until I sat down and tried to learn it's workflows. Once you adjust, it's pretty great. imo, ymmv, obviously.

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stock_toaster 27 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Depending on what you are doing, if you don't fancy Gimp, then maybe one of: Krita, Darktable, Inkscape?

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grugagag 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

2.5 hours of battery is a serious gaping hole imo.

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newsoftheday 3 hours ago | parent [-]

I removed the batteries in our laptops because we use them like desktops all the time and it's one less fire hazard to worry about.

	▲	grugagag 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I guess it works out for you but I’d be inconvenienced for not being able to move around and paranoid that I may jerk the wire powering the machine. Still glad you were able to find a solution for your setup though.

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newsoftheday 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I'm in my 60's and have never run Photoshop. Nor my wife, my kids, none of my relatives I'm aware of for that matter. Come to think of it, of all the people I know, no one runs PhotoShop that I'm aware of.