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Ahahaha. The usb c port on my macbook air is starting to fail - only works when plugged in at a certain angle....

It's about 2.5 years since I've had this machine. Way past its programmed obsolescence I guess.

Now, I can live without a port or two. But the machine only HAS two ports. For EVERYTHING. What an idiotic design decision. Apple sticking to its founding principles: form over function! And dragging the entire sheeple industry with it...

There's a thriving market in India for cheap laptops that are made by salvaging parts from several different PCs from different brands and stitching them together into a "new" laptop made from scraps, despite opposition from PC makers. #Refurbish #Reuse #Recycle #India #RightToRepair #Computers #Laptops theverge.com/tech/639126/india

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The Verge · The rise of ‘Frankenstein’ laptops in New Delhi’s repair marketsBy Hanan Zaffar

I want a laptop I can spend about $200 on used or refurb and put Linux on it, mainly to be used as a remote writing device. I'm leaning towards a Thinkbook or Dell Latitude, 8GB RAM and whatever for SSD storage. Any specific models I should look for to get the best bang for the buck? There are so many options and trying to research returns AI crap that suggests an Alienware or MacBook Pro.

If you know where I can get one of those for $200 please speak up, LOL

I have now filed a bug report about the web version of #Element (the flagbearing #Matrix client) constantly using/waking my CPU while it is unfocused in a background tab in Firefox: github.com/element-hq/element-

I'm hoping I'm not the only one observing this issue, and that some power saving improvements can be made, because to me this would look like a big drain on battery life for modern #laptops that *need* you to let their CPUs sleep while idle.

Steps to reproduce Launch Firefox with just one normal static website loaded (ex: this GitHub ticket), observe CPU usage to be roughly 0% on idle. Open a Firefox tab to app.element.io (with your us...
GitHubConstant CPU wakeups and CPU usage while the web version of Element is unfocused in a background tab · Issue #29682 · element-hq/element-webBy nekohayo

💻 FreeBSD Snapdragon X1E-78-100 💻

@dexter Revisiting the ThinkPad T14s Snapdragon with FreeBSD 15, here's where I left off. Do you know if there's been substantial momentum for the chipset (iirc, similar underlying requirements for your X13s)?

Two items stand out from my perspective, which may point to missing aspects in the "Fixed ACPI Description Table (FADT)", which should map the HPET .. hmmm..

1. No PSCI/SNCCC call function found
2. panic: No usable event timer found!

@crest this might be of interest?

From the original discussion months ago, some aspects from Linux World, specific to the X1E, which .. while not new-news etc etc you know where this goes... perhaps references something-something technical aspects. 😊 The T13s has almost full support for hardware enablement on 6.12/13 and branched.

- aarch64-laptops.github.io/
- github.com/aarch64-laptops/aar
- github.com/aarch64-laptops/aar
- git.codelinaro.org/linaro/qcom

FreeBSD verbose boot output:

```
No PSCI/SNCCC call function found
Enabling DIC à IDC ICache sync
Enabling LSE atomics in the kernel
Enabling BT1
randon: registering fast source Brave rndr RHG
randon: fast provider: "Brave rndr RNG"
randon: no preloaded entropy cache
randon: read 2848 bytes from platform bootloader
randon: unblocking device.
VIMAGE (virtualized network stack) enabled
hostuuid: using 88888888-8888-8888-8888-888888888888
ULE: setup cpu

random: entropy device external interface
feeder_register: snd unit=-1 snd_saxautovchans-16 latency 2 feeder_rate_ain-1 feeder_rate_nox-2816888 feeder_rate_round-25
firmware: "tegra218 xush fu' version 8: 132688 bytes loaded at @xffff080088b2c658

kbde et kbdn
nes: <nesory>
null: (full device, null device, zero device>
openfira: <Open Firmware control device>
top_log: top_log device
crypto: <crypto core>
Device configuration finished.
procfs registered
panic: No usable event timer found!
cpuid = 8
tine 1

KDB: stack backtrace:
db_trace_self) at db_trace_self
do_trace_self urapper() at db_trace_self_urapper+0x38
vpanic() at vpanic-Bxiac
panic() at panic-x48
cpu_initclocks bsp() at cpu_initclocks_bsp+b5f4
initclocks() at initclocks Bbx28
ai startup() at ni startup-bddc
virtdone() at virtdone x6c
KDB: enter: panic
I thread pid B tid 199000 1
Stopped at kob_enter+x48: str хаг, (x19, 12848)
```

> Note: The log output was screen grabbed from the attached image, using Google Gemini to identify the text for copy/paste. There are some conversion aspects which are likely not fully correct, but it's rather helpful vs not using automated OCR.

Linux 6.15 will support ASUS Zenbook A14

ASUS Zenbook A14 is an ARM64-based laptop that uses the powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon X chipset (either X1-26-100 or X1P-42-100 with 45 TOPS). ASUS considers it as a Copilot+ PC that weighs under 1 kg and promises up to 32 hours of battery life. The laptop features a 1920×1200 14-inch OLED display, 16 GB or 32 GB of LPDDR5X RAM, and 512 GB or 1 TB of NVMe storage. It runs Windows 11 as a primary operating system.

As for the chassis, the Ceraluminum chassis is a military-grade US MIL-STD 810H standard to ensure that your laptop is the toughest. Right now, it only supports Windows, but open source developers are working towards opening support for this laptop to run Linux efficiently.

Linux 6.15 ensures that this happens by adding support for this laptop. Right now, support is similar to other Snapdragon X1-based laptops, which means that the following features are not expected to work: (listed below is the abovementioned laptop in this case)

  • Audio (Speakers/microphones/headphone jack)
  • Camera (OmniVision OV02C10)
  • HDMI (Parade PS185HDM)
  • EC

The following features have been added to support said laptop as of this patch series:

  • Keyboard
  • Touchpad
  • NVME
  • Lid switch
  • Camera LED
  • eDP (FHD OLED, SDC420D) with brightness control
  • Bluetooth, WiFi (WCN6855)
  • USB Type-A port
  • USB Type-C ports in USB2/USB3/DP (both orientations)
  • aDSP/cDPS firmware loading, battery info
  • Sleep/suspend, nothing visibly broken on resume

However, the key differences were:

  • Wifi/Bluetooth combo being Qualcomm FastConnect 6900 on UX3407QA and Qualcomm FastConnect 7800 on UX3407RA
  • USB Type-C retimers are Parade PS8833, appear to behave identical to Parade PS8830
  • gpio90 is TZ protected

However, those additions are currently under review and will land to the main Linux 6.15 branch once accepted.

Cover image by ASUS

Can we get a mouse with magsafe? Many of us use our laptops on small tables that we have to move back and forth constantly, meaning that Bluetooth mice constantly end up flying and crashing on the floor. A magsafe ring on the bottom, paired with a magsafe ring on the table, would allow us to snap it securely to the table when not in use. It could even be used for charging the mouse as well. Thank you.

From my perspective, the #RyzenAI HX 390 MAX series has a very bad value proposition over $1,000.

- For #Gaming, you have RTX 4060M **LAPTOPS** at $800 with a decent CPU.
- For #AI, you can make a good PC for $1,500.
- For battery life, there is a thing called a MacBook.

That's probably why they're not being pushed to the market so hard. Pricing wise, it doesn't make sense.

#AMD#Ryzen#Zen5

Which #laptops and #smartphones are easiest to repair? See the rankings.

Have an Asus or an Apple computer? Or maybe a Samsung phone? Check out where your device lands in terms of #repairability.

By Matt Binder on February 21, 2025

"Do you have a computer or smartphone that's easy to repair? Or, when your laptop or phone needs service, will you be forced to buy a whole new device?

"A new report from the U.S. PIRG Education Fund takes a look at just how repairable laptops and smartphones are from some of the biggest computer companies in the world and graded them with a repairability score."

Read more:
mashable.com/article/laptop-sm
#RightToRepair #SolarPunkSunday #Technology #PlannedObsolescence

Mashable · Which laptops and smartphones are easiest to repair? See the rankings.By Matt Binder