The System76 "Lemur" - a quick Review
My main laptop is a 15” 2015 Retina MBP/OSX, and I do most of my linux work via Vagrant and/or AWS. The Lemur exists mainly for build/test work and making sure that "stuff" still works for our non-MBP developers That said, in no particular order - Ubuntu Just Works out of the box. Which is, maybe, the single most important thing that I cared about. No fiddling, no messing around. Just worked. Sooo, mission accomplished in that sense. What the heck is going on with the weird battery bump? it tilts the keyboard up just fine on a desk, but gets very weird if you're typing with the laptop on your legs. The whole things feels sort of plasticky. Not in a *bad* way, but in the same way most android phone feels somewhat plasticky as compared to an iPhone The keys also have a slightly plasticky feel. Again, not in a bad way - they’re actually quite good. Come to think of it, the "plastic-y" feel I'm referring to is...