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Purism 13 | |
2018.02.25 21:39:13 CET | |
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The delivery I expected last Monday was late - USPS was very | |
optimistic about their capabilities and Monday the package was | |
still in NYC. But it arrived on Thursday and I had since then a | |
great time setting up my brand new Librem 13v2 from Purism. | |
It's been a while since running a Linux distro and this time, I | |
decided to be more conservative with how much time to dedicate | |
configuring and building my machine. So instead of running Arch or | |
Slackware (which were my favorite distros), I decided to keep the | |
distribution by Purism itself, PureOS. | |
The distro is Debian based, which I use at work, so I'm already | |
familiar with it. The documentation online is pretty good and you | |
quickly learn how to adapt Debian and Ubuntu specific documentatio | |
to PureOS needs. | |
The machine itself is great. It took some time to get used to the | |
touchpad and keyboard, but that's my experience every time I switc | |
hardware manufacturers. Everything works out of the box - as I wou | |
expect with PureOS and so far I love the machine - and I love bein | |
back on a Linux laptop. | |
The only problem I had so far is with overheating. The machine | |
powers itself off when the CPU temperature sensors go above 100C. | |
While encrypting my backup, this happened a couple of times which | |
was frustrating. I had to install thermald and place a configurati | |
to down-step the CPU frequency whenever the temperature raised abo | |
85C. Although this means a slower CPU, when under heavy loads, I | |
prefer this to having random power offs. | |
Looking online, I didn't find anyone else describing this problem | |
with the Librem 13v2, so I'll definitely mail the Purism folks and | |
let them know about it. | |
So far, I recommend this machine! |