**Aral Balkan** @aral@mastodon.ar.al · Jun 11, 2018, 15:45

**Aral Balkan** @aral@mastodon.ar.al · Jun 11, 2018, 15:45

Aral Balkan @aral@mastodon.ar.al

Switching to Linux

I want to feel good about the tool I use everyday and I want it to reflect what I stand for so I just ordered a Tuxedo InfinityBook Pro (https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en/Linux-Hardware/Linux-Notebooks/10-14-inch/TUXEDO-InfinityBook-Pro-13-v3-133-matte-Full-HD-or-QHD-IPS-aluminium-case-up-to-Intel-Core-i7-Quad-Core-up-to-32GB-RAM-up-to-two-HDD/SSD-up-to-12h-battery-Typ-C-Thunderbolt-etc.tuxedo) from @tuxedocomputers & they kindly agreed to preinstall Pop!_OS 18.04 for me (thank you, Vinzenz, you rock!)

I maxed it out with an i7 4-core CPU, 32GB RAM, 1TB Samsung Pro SSD & a QHD+ screen that I plan to run at 200% HiDPI.

This will be my main dev machine going forward. Can’t wait! :) https://mastodon.ar.al/media/1uMEIMJwnL3akninfBE

**Vicky Lai** @vickylai · 2018-06-11T16:05:16Z

Vicky Lai @vickylai

@aral @tuxedocomputers Welcome to the light 🤣 That's super exciting. I hope you enjoy your new machine!

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**Aral Balkan** @aral@mastodon.ar.al · Jun 11, 2018, 19:27

**Aral Balkan** @aral@mastodon.ar.al · Jun 11, 2018, 19:27

@vickylai @tuxedocomputers Thanks, Vicky. All my deployments have been on Linux for yonks and I’ve always been playing with various distributions in VMs but Pop!_OS was the the first time I felt I could switch properly. That and my increasing disillusionment with every multibillion-dollar tech behemoth, including ones whose business models are different to Google/Facebook.