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Virgin Framework vs Chad ThinkPad (lemmy.world)
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[-] Mwa@thelemmy.club 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

my comment on Linux laptops mentioned in the meme:
for Thinkpads are nice but you have to buy a older/used thinkpad for the reasons why people like it and i want to use AARCH64/ARM64(i still think RISC-V is in its infancy personally) due to its power efficiency
for Framework they dont sell it in my Country

lots of yapping about my idea for laptop(or cyber-deck) if your interested click here am not sure if this the right place to put this infotbh i would rather make a DIY secondary "Laptop" for Linux and this is my idea

  • the pc itself: Raspberry PI 5 8GB Ram(CPU,Ram,etc is not upgradable though storage is upgradable either via NVME HAT or SD cards though i wish they opted for USBC Video instead of Micro HDMI,while the CPU isnt the fastest its fine for my needs) mainly i love its power efficiency (5v 3a,prob cause of ARM SOC) and it has a WI-FI and Bluetooth chip
  • screen: portable raspberry pi 16 inch monitor with usbc power input
  • PSU: a powerbank that can output atleast 5V 3A both USB C AND USB A for both screen and the pi itself perferably one that can count how much charge it has (ik 5V and 5A are recommended its harder to find power banks for that)
  • Case(optional maybe?): either a toolbox(needs drilling) or pizza box(like that one meme,easy to cut throughq but its not durable or none ig
  • keyboard and mouse: either current keyboard/mouse am using on my main pc or a portable keyboard/touchpad(but every portable kb and touchpad i find are bluetooth )
  • OS: Armbian Linux(while the pi can run Windows it lacks drivers,i also opted for Armbian because i want Gnome like on my main PC)
    Laptop purpose: backup PC/server
this post was submitted on 28 Jan 2026
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