The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant, six months after a request by Prosecutor Karim Khan.
The Hague-based court also issued a warrant for Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri, the Hamas military chief better known as Mohammed Deif.
The chamber said the arrest warrants are classified as “secret” but that it has decided to release them because “conduct similar to that addressed in the warrant of arrest appears to be ongoing,” referring to the ongoing Israeli onslaught on Gaza and the continued detention of Israeli captives by Hamas.
All 124 member states of the Rome Statute are now under an obligation to arrest the wanted individuals and hand them over to the court in the Hague. A trial cannot commence in absentia, as stipulated in Article 63 of the statute.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant.
My wife is looking for a portable device primarily for modeling in Blender and optionally for drawing in Krita. So we looking for something with a GNU/Linux support from manufacturer.
We considered tuxedocomputers.com/en/TUXEDO-… it looks nice, but maybe you have other suggestions? Do you have experience with convertibles, how convenient is to draw on them?
We also considered earth.starlabs.systems/pages/s… for drawing and a separate device for Blender, but having two devices might not be convenient...
Laptops from over 5 years ago are well supported by Linux (for the most part). However, the very modern laptops have bits and pieces that aren't supported, from fan profiles, to the new intel webcams etc. They will run Linux, but you might fry them if your fans don't work properly. So your best bet would be to get either an old one (I got a Macbook Air from 2015 with 8GB RAM, works great), or get a Tuxedo, or a System76 one, or a couple more Linux-specific ones. And it's not because suddenly Linux does worse job supporting hardware, but it's because these machines are. getting more complex and they need drivers for every little thing. Back in the day, things were more generic (e.g. the fans) and worked with a single driver.
Agree! That's why we are looking for something for a manufacturer support. We don't consider used market only because thinking about something powerful.
I have a SteamDeck and very satisfied with how GNU/Linux runs on it. Windows even run worse on it 😅
Does linux support from manufacturer really matter?
The tuxe laptop convertible may seem nice and if she wants to draw on the screen then you are going to be limited on other options. But I would be worried about that intel gpu.
If you want to do 3d modeling you will need something that is gaming grade. I would rather game on a crappy card than model using one. But i also confess i am not up to date with the last few years of developments in that space.
In my very humble experience with digital art a proper dedicated drawing tablet beats any kind of touchscreen drawing.
So if you comfortable installing a chosen linux distro from a usb. (It really is not difficult, ai and YouTube can guide you trough it) and she is not already adept at touchscreen drawing i would suggest:
Lenovo Legion Both my partner and their mom have one with a different graphics card. Most of this line have nvidia rtx cards and all of those will do the job. Naturally more expensive models will have newer/faster cards.
Wacom intuos i am biased
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Does linux support from manufacturer really matter?
The tuxe laptop convertible may seem nice and if she wants to draw on the screen then you are going to be limited on other options. But I would be worried about that intel gpu.
If you want to do 3d modeling you will need something that is gaming grade. I would rather game on a crappy card than model using one. But i also confess i am not up to date with the last few years of developments in that space.
In my very humble experience with digital art a proper dedicated drawing tablet beats any kind of touchscreen drawing.
So if you comfortable installing a chosen linux distro from a usb. (It really is not difficult, ai and YouTube can guide you trough it) and she is not already adept at touchscreen drawing i would suggest:
Lenovo Legion Both my partner and their mom have one with a different graphics card. Most of this line have nvidia rtx cards and all of those will do the job. Naturally more expensive models will have newer/faster cards.
Wacom intuos i am biased to call wacom tablets great because i have never used any others. I can say the intuos line is much nicer then the older bamboo pen and touch/fun line. Models come in different sizes
Does linux support from manufacturer really matter?
Only they can truly answer for themselves, but from a business standpoint, yes. It might. Being able to get support direct from the people who made/sold the laptop, whether it be in the form of a warranty or tech support, could save you from having down time when you need to be working.
any laptop with a fairly recent amd GPU should be just fine honestly. Even if nvidia cards are slightly better, they can fuck up your whole desktop environment in a random update (among other errors on that line), so imo it's not worth the trouble.
To be honest. I had a similar question for my girlfriend for drawing with krita. A drawing tablet + a traditional laptop is better for almost everyone except students who will be taking notes in class and people who have to be drawing in a chair or meeting room with no desk setup.
Otherwise a drawing tablet is more accurate, faster, and with better features than a 2-in-1. Much better sensitivity, generally better pressure and tilt functions, and a much better feel (more like paper)
You don't even have to spring for a Wacom. They have been resting on their laurels for over a decade and have become completely uncompetitive in the past 5 years (kind of the Intel of drawing tablets).
An XPPen Deco Pro Gen II (as an example) has good ergonomics, rotary knobs for zooming, rotating, and scaling, and works over Bluetooth. Their Linux drivers (4.0.x) are pretty great at a fraction of the price of a Wacom or the price difference between a traditional laptop and a 2-in-1.
It ends up being way more ergonomic also to look at a screen and not having to hunch over a table
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To be honest. I had a similar question for my girlfriend for drawing with krita. A drawing tablet + a traditional laptop is better for almost everyone except students who will be taking notes in class and people who have to be drawing in a chair or meeting room with no desk setup.
Otherwise a drawing tablet is more accurate, faster, and with better features than a 2-in-1. Much better sensitivity, generally better pressure and tilt functions, and a much better feel (more like paper)
You don't even have to spring for a Wacom. They have been resting on their laurels for over a decade and have become completely uncompetitive in the past 5 years (kind of the Intel of drawing tablets).
An XPPen Deco Pro Gen II (as an example) has good ergonomics, rotary knobs for zooming, rotating, and scaling, and works over Bluetooth. Their Linux drivers (4.0.x) are pretty great at a fraction of the price of a Wacom or the price difference between a traditional laptop and a 2-in-1.
It ends up being way more ergonomic also to look at a screen and not having to hunch over a tablet. It just takes a week or so to get used to not looking at your hands.
We just planning to travel a lot soon and wanted to avoid carry a lot of stuff with us. But you probably right, it's better to have a dedicated device...
I agree. For the spec though, Dell aren't any better value for money than laptops from the smaller 'for linux' sellers. Which is pretty cool. Of course it's much easier to find used Dell laptops though.
I think it depends on your budget and where you live. North America has System76, UK has Starlabs, Germany has Tuxedo, Netherlands has laptopswithlinux and Spain has Slimbook. I think Starlabs are the only ones who do a tablet. Has your wife tried using an external graphics tablet? I don't use Krita myself but if you want to save money and buy a second hand convertible it might be worth asking/searching on a Krita forum about what others are using from the bigger manufacturers.
We looked for convertible because planning to travel a lot. But judging by what others say, it's probably better to have a dedicated device for drawing...
Consider giving devices offered by NovaCustom a look.
When it comes to Linux-first laptop vendors, it's definitely my favorite out of the bunch.
On purchasing one of their devices, they offer: - 3 years of warranty - 5 years of firmware update support - 7 years of (guaranteed) spare parts availability
I'm simply unaware of any other (Linux-first) firm that can compete regarding the above.
And I haven't even mentioned how vast their customization options are, or how well-praised their support is.
I'm actually stunned why it's not mentioned more often in these conversations.
Btw, I'd actually recommend you to consider the whereabouts of the respective support centers before you buy a device. You never hope to be in that situation, but it makes a real difference when it matters. So, in case you're unaware, AFAIK: - NovaCustom; Netherlands. But as long as you're in EU mainland, it should be good enough. - Star Labs; UK. EU outside of Great Britain is OK. - System76; USA. - Tuxedo; Germany. Again, EU mainland is fine.
I’d actually recommend you to consider the whereabouts of the respective support centers before you buy a device
Totally agree, I take this into consideration. Tuxedo is very attractive to me because we planning to visit Germany personally. But I will take a look at NovaCustom as well since it's in EU.
From Star Labs their StarLite tablet looks very attractive. Right now I considering buying a tablet for drawing and a laptop for 3D modeling instead of 2-in-1.
From Star Labs their StarLite tablet looks very attractive. Right now I considering buying a tablet for drawing and a laptop for 3D modeling instead of 2-in-1.
Honestly, this makes a lot of sense. It's unfortunate that all of your needs aren't satisfied by a single device. Assuming that the drawing capabilities of the Starlite and Infinityflex are up to par, their hardware specs don't come even close to Blender's recommended. So opting for a second device may indeed be necessary.
Whatever you'll end up picking, I hope you and your wife will be satisfied with the end result 😉!
We don't planning to actually work on the go, just planning to travel a lot. eGPU could be considered portable. Maybe we even don't need a laptop, just a mini PC 🤔
Since lots of ppl already cover laptop different options, i will skip this part.
Blender is a huge topic. What exactly does your wife exactly do? Something like sculpting, rigging don't need much gpu power. How complicated the scene is it? For a complicated scene with un-optimisted mesh, it can be expensive. The most expensive part should be high quality rendering. But you can use render farm to "outsourcing" jobs to remote hosts.
Also, it's 2024. Ww can already launch and run blender remotely thru vm and streaming technology smoothly.
Mostly sculpting, less rendering. So yeah, we aren't GPU bound. Right now considering just a mini PC. Should be cheaper then a latpop since we don't planning to work on the go, just need something portable. And a tablet for drawing.
Bit of a joke suggestion but purely hardware wise steam deck might do the trick, its graphics processing is very good considering the size and lack of discrete GPU
Also quite subsidized because valve expect people to make up the value in buying games, so more bang for your buck
Plugged into a keyboard and possibly monitor could do the trick
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant, six months after a request by Prosecutor Karim Khan.
The Hague-based court also issued a warrant for Mohammed Diab Ibrahim al-Masri, the Hamas military chief better known as Mohammed Deif.
The chamber said the arrest warrants are classified as "secret" but that it has decided to release them because "conduct similar to that addressed in the warrant of arrest appears to be ongoing," referring to the ongoing Israeli onslaught on Gaza and the continued detention of Israeli captives by Hamas.
All 124 member states of the Rome Statute are now under an obligation to arrest the wanted individuals and hand them over to the court in the Hague. A trial cannot commence in absentia, as stipulated in Article 63 of the statute.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defence minister Yoav Gallant.
It gives mostly politicians a far easier option to speak out against Israel. Simply by mentioning Israel is legally ran by war criminals they can easier enact laws to divest and demonize Israel. The public will not be as susceptible to the excuse of antisemitism when there is a legally binding ICC arrest warrant for these people.
We now also have a legal confirmation that Israel is in fact committing war crimes (such surprise)
Now they gotta do Biden and the rest of US officials who've been facilitating the genocide.
According to Article 1 of the Genocide Convention, the Contracting Parties, including the United States and Israel, must prevent and punish acts of genocide. Under Article III, those punishable acts include “Complicity in genocide,” such as by knowingly providing the deadly weapons used to carry it out. In 2007, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in a case involving Bosnia and Serbia, established that the obligation to refrain from providing weapons or other assistance begins the moment a state becomes aware of the existence of a serious risk that genocide may be committed.
Bush 1 administration, Clinton, Bush 2, Obama. It would be around 500-1000 people but of course the entire US Military would fight against it and end the world if it came to it. If a sympathetic US President decided to assist though, a new golden age would dawn.
Bcachefs lead developer Kent Overstreet published a Patreon post this evening entitled "Trouble in the kernel" where he explained:
"TLDR: the future of bcachefs in the kernel is uncertain, and lots of things aren't looking good.
Linus has said he isn't accepting my 6.13 pull request, per "an open issue with the CoC board", and at this point I have no idea what's going on with the CoC board. I, for my part, have felt for quite some time that there are issues about our culture and the way we do work that need to be raised, and that hasn't been going anywhere - hence this post."
While the Bcachefs feature changes for Linux 6.13 were already submitted even before the Linux 6.12 stable kernel was released, merging these changes are supposedly on hold due to the kernel's Code of Conduct (CoC) board.
Seems Overstreet is just pissy that he can't talk to people on the kernel mailing list like it's 2005 anymore. "Get the fuck out of here with this shit," indeed.
Almost universally, any time there's a power vacuum (whether in the first larger-than-tribes societies, or in societies where state power has become weak), the first authority figures that fill the power vacuum are dicks
- Main authority on bcachefs
wielding real power, in ways that feel quite uncomfortable.
Yes, it's called feeling guilty about others calling out your attitude. Most people who aren't power seeking assholes experience that feeling regularly and have learned to deal with it.
Couples therapists say they can tell within a few minutes if a couple is worth working with or not: if it's anger they're displaying, then that's something that can be worked through. If it's dismissiveness, all hope is lost.
Imagine getting told by a couples therapist that they can't see your relationship working out... And then you go on a big rant saying how you should still be together?
Imagine getting told by a couples therapist that they can’t see your relationship working out… And then you go on a big rant saying how you should still be together?
Honestly, if someone has to go to couples therapy, they're already at a point where their judgement is written off.
Get your head examined. And get the fuck out of here with this shit.
Yes, language like this is clearly unacceptable in a productive discussion.
Offtopic, but this reminded me that the Linux kernel has a CoC. Aren't the recent comments by Linus on the removal of russian maintainers, where he called several kernel developers paid actors, a CoC violation as well? Or have these comments w.r.t. to the CoC already been discussed?
where he called several kernel developers paid actors
He didn't. He (rightly) called out people who have never contributed to the kernel and posted flame replies to the initial announcement on the mailing list.
This isn't some wild conspiracy theory either, this is a thing Russia actually does: cause disarray and split "western" communities; divide and conquer. It's an their explicit goal of the Kremlin to do this; there's credible accounts of that.
If you want a community that's resistant to such influences, you ought to call this sort of thing out whenever you see it.
Thanks for your reply! Linus didn't only call out people posting flame replies, but also folks interested in a serious discussion on that topic, who also contributed to the kernel before (see PeterCxy's blog: typeblog.net/55833/getting-cal…). Most people simply wanted to know specifically which compliance requirement lead to the removal of russian maintainers. Linus never responded to these questions and called out people asking for that as russian trolls. AFAIK we still don’t know the exact reasons for the removal, which is just intransparent.
IMO By not answering these reasonable questions and calling people out as russian trolls, Linus did exactly what russian trolls want: cause disarray in the kernel community.
Linus didn't only call out people posting flame replies, but also folks interested in a serious discussion on that topic, who also contributed to the kernel before (see PeterCxy's blog: typeblog.net/55833/getting-cal…).
Here's what he actually said:
I'm also not going to start discussing legal issues with random internet people who I seriously suspect are paid actors and/or have been riled up by them.
That's ambiguous at best.
I find it more likely that it's targetted at the greater crowd replying to that thread rather than this person specifically due to it's general tone. If Linus thinks you are full of shit, you can be that he will call you out specifically rather than wording it like this.
AFAIK we still don’t know the exact reasons for the removal, which is just intransparent.
Get your head examined and enjoy your dying kernel. Adding politics that inherently go against foss philosophy is a bad idea, if you think you want to stay foss.
Are we still talking about the OP? The idea that it's wrong to curse someone out because you disagree with their take is not "politics that inherently goes against FOSS philosophy." Foss grows faster when more people get involved and contribute. If the most vocal contributors treat everyone they disagree with like shit, they will demoralize their community and make others stop wanting to contribute. That kills projects.
Overstreet needs to hire someone to do all of his communications + public relations + LKML patches/pull requests. The behavior is going to get one of the most exciting filesystems in a long time yanked & momentum die just from the we he handles conflict.
It's excellent for learning, though. When I started using Linux I had no idea what the differences between distros were. Having to "translate" or adapt solutions from the ArchWiki to Debian, Fedora, etc. taught me a lot about using Linux and how my computer worked.
The best way to learn Linux for ne was to make comparison table to all the distros and to look for what I want to make decision. Whenever I got questions, I asked ChatGPT. Then, the biggest step, was just using it. As my Daily Driver. I tried dual booting / a second "tinkering laptop" and it did just not work for me.
Now I am happy and keep learning all the small details.
Varför vänstern ska lämna X och vara kvar. X (Twitter) blir allt mer en plattform för högerextrema. Spekulativa och konfrontativa inlägg har länge gynnats av sajtens algoritmer. Nu har detta förstärkts av att ägaren Elon Musk alltmer gör plattformen till en plast att sprid sin egen politiska agenda. En högerextrem politisk agenda. Det har gjort det allt mindre intressant för vänstern att vara kvar på X.
Maybe I'm an asshole but good conversations are a dime a dozen. If we go out, have a good connection and make plans? Personally, I'll apologize to the others I'm chatting with but I get the ghosting. What percentage of "good" (generally just fine with maybe a solid joke) app convos lead to a connection we both want to pursue? Not all that many.
Talking for hours and hours on end while sharing a lot of the same interests and talking about it vividly. Discovering you're totally sexually compatible while being a minority so not a lot of occasions in the dating pool. Agreeing to meet each other for coffee or to see a movie, then ghosted? I don't think I am misreading signs for this specific person here.
Just cracking a joke and having a little conversation without nothing much, I wouldn't call it ghosting.
One time I went on a dating app date, was nice. Met her again at a party, went on for drinks just the two of us, made out, she walked me home. Then I had a horrible, horrible bout of depression where I didn't check my phone at all for about two months. So, that's one instance of what's going on in the persons mind.
Polisen om de misstänkta kabelsabotagen i Östersjön. Den förundersökning om misstänkt sabotage som inletts med anledning av de två kabelbrotten i Östersjön fortsätter. Kustbevakningen och Försvarsmakten stöttar polisen med platsundersökningar.
Antalet bostadsinbrott har halverats. Under de senaste åren har antalet bostadsinbrott minskat kraftigt. Sedan år 2017 har antalet inbrott i princip halverats. Samtidigt klarar polisen endast upp fyra procent av de anmälda bostadsinbrotten. Det visar en ny rapport från Brå.
**Postiz is an open-source social media scheduling tool that offers scheduling on: ** Instagram, YouTube, Dribbble, LinkedIn, Reddit, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest, Threads, X, Slack, Discord, Mastodon and BlueSky.
I have been working on mostly bug fixes lately and improving the platforms, some of the latest things:
Many failures of posting on small things like character limit or uploading size.
Fix problems in LinkedIn not loading pages.
Team invite was fixed :)
A bunch of docker changes to make it super easy to load. It's now live on: Coolify, Ptah soon Cloudron
**But the most important thing in the roadmap here is what I was mainly asked: **
Add and an option to schedule stories on Instagram and add music to them
Public API
YouTube community posts schedule
Google Business schedule
Auto Plugs (I'
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Hi everyone!
**Postiz is an open-source social media scheduling tool that offers scheduling on: ** Instagram, YouTube, Dribbble, LinkedIn, Reddit, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest, Threads, X, Slack, Discord, Mastodon and BlueSky.
I have been working on mostly bug fixes lately and improving the platforms, some of the latest things:
Many failures of posting on small things like character limit or uploading size.
Fix problems in LinkedIn not loading pages.
Team invite was fixed :)
A bunch of docker changes to make it super easy to load. It's now live on: Coolify, Ptah soon Cloudron
**But the most important thing in the roadmap here is what I was mainly asked: **
Add and an option to schedule stories on Instagram and add music to them
Public API
YouTube community posts schedule
Google Business schedule
Auto Plugs (I'm super excited about this one): Once tweets get X likes, they will auto-repost, add comments to tweets, and so on; this will be sent to all social media.
SSO
I am happy to hear about more requests.
One clarification after seeing many comments over and self-hosted: Postiz will always be apache-2, no weird dual license thingy, and no enterprise-only SSO.
Postiz is not making much money. Today we are on a product hunt. If you can help me out, it would be amazing, but if not, I love you anyway :)
Thank you so much for this community for helping me with every post!
The U.S. government, said one human rights lawyer, "proves once again to the world that it is fully committed to the continuation of the genocide in Palestine."
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Meta’s #Threads wants access to your entire life. #Mastodon just wants to connect you with cool people. Why settle for poor moderation, algorithms, and invasive privacy settings?
Threads asks for: 🛑 Your location 🛑 Your browsing habits 🛑 Your financial data 🛑 and more… (over a dozen items in total!)
Mastodon asks for: ✅ Nothing but your awesome vibes
@subignition @Fediverse_Champion Was directing at threads, don't want the fediverse to become Farcebook II. I run a Mastodon myself, also Friendica, Misskey, and Hubzilla. Prefer the long format post of Friendica, but don't want to see any form of centralized moderation because that just leads to centralized indoctrination, ala Farcebook.
Eugenia
in reply to Shatur • • •narc0tic_bird
in reply to Eugenia • • •The EFI will control the fans just fine.
Eugenia
in reply to narc0tic_bird • • •Shatur
in reply to Eugenia • • •Agree! That's why we are looking for something for a manufacturer support. We don't consider used market only because thinking about something powerful.
I have a SteamDeck and very satisfied with how GNU/Linux runs on it. Windows even run worse on it 😅
webghost0101
in reply to Shatur • • •Does linux support from manufacturer really matter?
The tuxe laptop convertible may seem nice and if she wants to draw on the screen then you are going to be limited on other options. But I would be worried about that intel gpu.
If you want to do 3d modeling you will need something that is gaming grade. I would rather game on a crappy card than model using one. But i also confess i am not up to date with the last few years of developments in that space.
In my very humble experience with digital art a proper dedicated drawing tablet beats any kind of touchscreen drawing.
So if you comfortable installing a chosen linux distro from a usb. (It really is not difficult, ai and YouTube can guide you trough it) and she is not already adept at touchscreen drawing i would suggest:
Lenovo Legion Both my partner and their mom have one with a different graphics card. Most of this line have nvidia rtx cards and all of those will do the job. Naturally more expensive models will have newer/faster cards.
Wacom intuos i am biased
... show moreDoes linux support from manufacturer really matter?
The tuxe laptop convertible may seem nice and if she wants to draw on the screen then you are going to be limited on other options. But I would be worried about that intel gpu.
If you want to do 3d modeling you will need something that is gaming grade. I would rather game on a crappy card than model using one. But i also confess i am not up to date with the last few years of developments in that space.
In my very humble experience with digital art a proper dedicated drawing tablet beats any kind of touchscreen drawing.
So if you comfortable installing a chosen linux distro from a usb. (It really is not difficult, ai and YouTube can guide you trough it) and she is not already adept at touchscreen drawing i would suggest:
Lenovo Legion Both my partner and their mom have one with a different graphics card. Most of this line have nvidia rtx cards and all of those will do the job. Naturally more expensive models will have newer/faster cards.
Wacom intuos i am biased to call wacom tablets great because i have never used any others. I can say the intuos line is much nicer then the older bamboo pen and touch/fun line. Models come in different sizes
Telorand
in reply to webghost0101 • • •Only they can truly answer for themselves, but from a business standpoint, yes. It might. Being able to get support direct from the people who made/sold the laptop, whether it be in the form of a warranty or tech support, could save you from having down time when you need to be working.
Shatur
in reply to webghost0101 • • •Not really, but from my experience Linux on laptops sometimes have issues with things like battery life.
I have a SteamDeck to compare and it works just perfect, this is why I were looking at manufacturer support.
shapis
in reply to Shatur • • •Ludrol
in reply to Shatur • • •For blender nvidia gpu is a the best for cycles as it has optiX support.
If she does ONLY modeling and uses eevee renders without viewport previews then integrated graphics could work.
If she wants viewport preview then dedicated GPU is a must. IDK how fares AMD gpu in blender as I didn't have one for years.
Some gaming laptops with dedicated GPUs need external kernel modules just to work if they even have one.
My best bet would be to go for old gaming laptop.
My second best bet would be to go for system76 as they have some gaming laptops
Jumuta
in reply to Ludrol • • •Ludrol
in reply to Jumuta • • •Can you explain a bit what did you do?
How is cycles in viewport behaving?
Jumuta
in reply to Ludrol • • •I'm dumb, it was prolly running on my i7-3632qm because cycles needs dGPUs for gpu acceleration
it's still a 12yo processor though
Shatur
in reply to Ludrol • • •Will take a look at System76.
⁂ Jnk ∞ 📎
in reply to Shatur • • •Shatur
in reply to ⁂ Jnk ∞ 📎 • • •Yeah, I have an Nvidia GPU on my desktop and I regret that I didn't buy an AMD card.
We looking for a laptop with good manufacturer support because they quite often have either battery or sleep issues.
JustEnoughDucks
in reply to Shatur • • •To be honest. I had a similar question for my girlfriend for drawing with krita. A drawing tablet + a traditional laptop is better for almost everyone except students who will be taking notes in class and people who have to be drawing in a chair or meeting room with no desk setup.
Otherwise a drawing tablet is more accurate, faster, and with better features than a 2-in-1. Much better sensitivity, generally better pressure and tilt functions, and a much better feel (more like paper)
You don't even have to spring for a Wacom. They have been resting on their laurels for over a decade and have become completely uncompetitive in the past 5 years (kind of the Intel of drawing tablets).
An XPPen Deco Pro Gen II (as an example) has good ergonomics, rotary knobs for zooming, rotating, and scaling, and works over Bluetooth. Their Linux drivers (4.0.x) are pretty great at a fraction of the price of a Wacom or the price difference between a traditional laptop and a 2-in-1.
It ends up being way more ergonomic also to look at a screen and not having to hunch over a table
... show moreTo be honest. I had a similar question for my girlfriend for drawing with krita. A drawing tablet + a traditional laptop is better for almost everyone except students who will be taking notes in class and people who have to be drawing in a chair or meeting room with no desk setup.
Otherwise a drawing tablet is more accurate, faster, and with better features than a 2-in-1. Much better sensitivity, generally better pressure and tilt functions, and a much better feel (more like paper)
You don't even have to spring for a Wacom. They have been resting on their laurels for over a decade and have become completely uncompetitive in the past 5 years (kind of the Intel of drawing tablets).
An XPPen Deco Pro Gen II (as an example) has good ergonomics, rotary knobs for zooming, rotating, and scaling, and works over Bluetooth. Their Linux drivers (4.0.x) are pretty great at a fraction of the price of a Wacom or the price difference between a traditional laptop and a 2-in-1.
It ends up being way more ergonomic also to look at a screen and not having to hunch over a tablet. It just takes a week or so to get used to not looking at your hands.
Shatur
in reply to JustEnoughDucks • • •Thanks!
We just planning to travel a lot soon and wanted to avoid carry a lot of stuff with us. But you probably right, it's better to have a dedicated device...
JASN_DE
in reply to Shatur • • •astro_ray
in reply to JASN_DE • • •JASN_DE
in reply to astro_ray • • •Churbleyimyam
in reply to astro_ray • • •Churbleyimyam
in reply to Shatur • • •I don't use Krita myself but if you want to save money and buy a second hand convertible it might be worth asking/searching on a Krita forum about what others are using from the bigger manufacturers.
Shatur
in reply to Churbleyimyam • • •Thanks, will take a look!
We looked for convertible because planning to travel a lot. But judging by what others say, it's probably better to have a dedicated device for drawing...
beeng
in reply to Shatur • • •lancalot
in reply to Shatur • • •Consider giving devices offered by NovaCustom a look.
When it comes to Linux-first laptop vendors, it's definitely my favorite out of the bunch.
On purchasing one of their devices, they offer:
- 3 years of warranty
- 5 years of firmware update support
- 7 years of (guaranteed) spare parts availability
I'm simply unaware of any other (Linux-first) firm that can compete regarding the above.
And I haven't even mentioned how vast their customization options are, or how well-praised their support is.
I'm actually stunned why it's not mentioned more often in these conversations.
Btw, I'd actually recommend you to consider the whereabouts of the respective support centers before you buy a device. You never hope to be in that situation, but it makes a real difference when it matters. So, in case you're unaware, AFAIK:
- NovaCustom; Netherlands. But as long as you're in EU mainland, it should be good enough.
- Star Labs; UK. EU outside of Great Britain is OK.
- System76; USA.
- Tuxedo; Germany. Again, EU mainland is fine.
Shatur
in reply to lancalot • • •First time hear about it, but sounds very cool!
Totally agree, I take this into consideration. Tuxedo is very attractive to me because we planning to visit Germany personally. But I will take a look at NovaCustom as well since it's in EU.
From Star Labs their StarLite tablet looks very attractive. Right now I considering buying a tablet for drawing and a laptop for 3D modeling instead of 2-in-1.
lancalot
in reply to Shatur • • •Honestly, this makes a lot of sense. It's unfortunate that all of your needs aren't satisfied by a single device. Assuming that the drawing capabilities of the Starlite and Infinityflex are up to par, their hardware specs don't come even close to Blender's recommended. So opting for a second device may indeed be necessary.
Whatever you'll end up picking, I hope you and your wife will be satisfied with the end result 😉!
Daniel Quinn
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Unknown parent • • •Thanks for the suggestion, eGPU sounds nice!
We don't planning to actually work on the go, just planning to travel a lot. eGPU could be considered portable. Maybe we even don't need a laptop, just a mini PC 🤔
grapemix
in reply to Shatur • • •Since lots of ppl already cover laptop different options, i will skip this part.
Blender is a huge topic. What exactly does your wife exactly do? Something like sculpting, rigging don't need much gpu power. How complicated the scene is it? For a complicated scene with un-optimisted mesh, it can be expensive. The most expensive part should be high quality rendering. But you can use render farm to "outsourcing" jobs to remote hosts.
Also, it's 2024. Ww can already launch and run blender remotely thru vm and streaming technology smoothly.
Shatur
in reply to grapemix • • •grapemix
in reply to Shatur • • •My 4 generation i7 4g desktop is still fine to do that. Lol.
I won't use that pc for complicated scanned un-optimisted scene though.
flashgnash
in reply to Shatur • • •Bit of a joke suggestion but purely hardware wise steam deck might do the trick, its graphics processing is very good considering the size and lack of discrete GPU
Also quite subsidized because valve expect people to make up the value in buying games, so more bang for your buck
Plugged into a keyboard and possibly monitor could do the trick
Shatur
in reply to flashgnash • • •That's exactly what I planning to use on travel 😅
I don't planning to work on the go, just wanted a portable PC.
We are considering just a portable PC for her and a tablet for drawing right now...