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0 pointsvirtualritz3y ago0 comments

I used Kubuntu on it before switching to pop!_OS because non-integer scaling was blurry on the Ubuntu desktop.

Kubuntu was totally fine. I always use around 1.5x scaling on this res/ppi.

Integer scaling works fine (and is sharp) on both desktops.

There are no patches in this repo but actual driver kernel modules. I don't think any of them have been mainlined but I may be wrong. Whenever I update the kernel, I run a single script from that repo. But I don't update kernels unless there is good reason for my particular hardware.

I used the 5.17 kernel series until two weeks ago and switched to 6 since then. Everything works perfectly fine.

Feel free to PM me for any other questions about this machine.

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robolion3y ago

An impressive amount of work has gone into that repo! Presumably, loading those modules taints the kernel, but that's a fair compromise for the functionality gained. Some of them e.g. 8852BE appear to be making their way into 6.1.

How's the battery life across different workloads?

virtualritzOP3y ago

I frankly do not know about battery life.

I almost exclusively use the laptop at home when sitting in my super comfy lounge chair all day to code.

The most I traveled while working (text editor, compiling Rust code from time to time) was four hours. I believe to recall half of the battery was left after that.

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