UK Linux Vendor Star Labs Systems Supporting LVFS+Fwupd For Firmware Updates

[phoronix]

Phoronix: UK Linux Vendor Star Labs Systems Supporting LVFS+Fwupd For Firmware Updates

Boutique Linux PC vendor Star Labs Systems out of the United Kingdom is the latest hardware vendor seeing their products supported by the Linux Vendor Firmware System (LVFS) with Fwupd for handling firmware updates...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Star-Labs-Fwupd-Support

[uid313]

Very good prices.
I believe that is a lot of hardware at that price point.

[johanb]

At first I thought "Ugh, just another cheap N4200 laptop" but it actually looks to be pretty nice.
Ships with Linux, nice design, 1080p monitor, 8gb ram, 240gb SSD and USB-C charging but also USB type A ports for normal USB peripherals.
Only thing I'm wondering about is the battery life.

If I would be in need of a new laptop I would be very interested in this, but unfortunately I don't need a new laptop.

[starshipeleven]

1080p monitor

*IPS monitor. Very very important thing.
Also backlit keyboard.

Only thing I'm wondering about is the battery life.

Probably 5-6 hours, it is more or less similar to this one https://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-A....190369.0.html

[johanb]

*IPS monitor. Very very important thing.
Also backlit keyboard.

Non-ips screens on laptops are horrible so that's good, backlit keyboard is a nice bonus!

Probably 5-6 hours, it is more or less similar to this one https://www.notebookcheck.net/Acer-A....190369.0.html

But that laptop is 15" rather than 11" though. Also, what's the size of the battery?

[starshipeleven]

But that laptop is 15" rather than 11" though. Also, what's the size of the battery?

30.6 wh for the Star Labs Lite, 36wh for the Acer