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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 documentation
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 switch
hardware manufacturers. Everything works out of the box - as I would
expect with PureOS and so far I love the machine - and I love being
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 configuration
to down-step the CPU frequency whenever the temperature raised above
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!