Dude, this exists now?? I thought Dell was the only one making Linux Laptops with hardware support...Lenovo now too? The Linux laptops with hardware support are really picking up!

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  • I strongly recommend you guys check out https://frame.work They can ship without an OS (and lower the price accordingly) and even let’s you buy it unassembled to save a buck.

  • bbswitch

    Disable discrete graphics (currently nvidia only)

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  • python-validity

    Validity fingerprint sensor prototype

  • T480's one works just fine (via https://github.com/uunicorn/python-validity). Is E480's that different?

  • Validity90

    Reverse engineering of Validity/Synaptics 138a:0090, 138a:0094, 138a:0097, 06cb:0081, 06cb:009a fingerprint readers protocol

  • It's the 06cb:00a2 and AFAIK there is no working driver for it. There have been attempts but nothing really working unfortunately. And it seems like the work on it has been abandoned.

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