April 19, 2017
It has been a personal desire to have mobile broadband connectivity with a laptop and not have a requirement for peripherals like MiFi or PAM, for half a decade. When I first experienced using a Panasonic Toughbook it had a Qualcomm Gobi that was an insane challenge to get working in Linux. In every incantation of laptop acquisition I’ve made sure to option for LTE modem connectivity, however its typically marginalized by most manufactures as an edge requirement.
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April 14, 2017
Trying to find a modern laptop that works well with Linux is quite difficult. I seemed like for a long time as long as you avoided the baddies like Broadcom networking controllers you were able to find a decent machine to hack on. Then awful technology like optimus appeared and, made life a lot more difficult for the Linux adventurer. Things got even worse when optimus moved from a hwmux (bios toggle) to direct frame-buffer access, then manufactures started arbitrarily putting some video connectors on the dGPU and some on the iGPU.
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February 7, 2017
In this I’ll outline a simplified install procedture that will allow you to go from metal to a machine that has a graphical desktop environment. Arch has several principles, the one your should be the most aware of is versatility. Versatility is user choice to build and use systems how they want. In following this guide you’re allowing me to make a significant amount of choices for you. For many folks a first time through the ArchLinux wiki on install procedure is too much to feel like you’re comfortable to make headway.
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February 7, 2017
In this I’ll outline a simplified install procedture that will allow you to go from metal to a machine that is managed over ssh and has ZFS. Arch has several principles, the one your should be the most aware of is versatility. Versatility is user choice to build and use systems how they want. In following this guide you’re allowing me to make a significant amount of choices for you. For many folks a first time through the ArchLinux wiki on install procedure is too much to feel like you’re comfortable to make headway.
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