@@homelessbag the point is, the port is more robust. If your barrel jack port breaks, you replace just the port (that is usually separate component plugged to the motherboard via cable). If USB-C charger port breaks, you very (very) likely need to replace whole motherboard
The Thunderbolt port in this laptop supports USB-C Power Delivery, so the option is already there. But why to block one of 2 USB-C sockets when there is free DC socket? It's an advantage. If you have older 19V 5A+ power adapters with this barrel plug (especialy car adapters) you can use it with the laptop and keep USB-C ports free.
A few things to correct: 1. Only Ubuntu and Pop!_OS are officially supported not Arch, Fedora or NixOS. 2. The person that handles that Fedora repo is not an employee, all of those OSes are community supported not by the company.
I love the image of a house maid with enough motivation and technical know-how to actually bring a usb with some OS on it with the explicit purpose of going through your files on your specific System76 laptop because they know it's probably not using secure boot, rather than just getting some sort of tech job r' something.
Note USB boot is not prevented by secure boot but by BIOS password. By default it is not set and is of use in this case to prevent adding back USB boot if you removed it. Most of the time I guess it would be companies locking the PC to prevent their employees from tempering with it. Could be that secure boot helps too because it prevents booting a non signed OS. All in all hackers tend to use USB keys that emulate a keyboard which neither secures boot nor BIOS password secure against. Could be that secureboot guards against BIOS viruses too.
Loved the review! I believe that in Linux, secure boot is tied to the Kernel (Correct me if I'm wrong), and System76 ships kernels separately + faster than Ubuntu does, which is why they don't have secure boot, since they run different kernels and thus would need a different secure boot license.
It's tied to the boot loader, kernel, driver, and any other files on the EFI partition or ISO. Even though we use the systemd-boot package from Ubuntu, it's not part of Ubuntu's signature process with Microsoft. Even if it were signed by Microsoft, we use the Linux kernel's native EFI stub feature to boot into Linux directly from EFI, so every kernel and driver needs to be signed during installation, along with the initramfs that's personalized for each system during every kernel and driver update. Realistically, that'll require a personal private key to be generated during install, and a mechanism for pre-signing everything before writing it to the EFI partition. Additionally, while System76 could self-sign everything in the Pop!_OS ISO, it would not boot on non-System76 machines by default because SecureBoot requires that the firmware on the system already has the public key(s) used to sign the software embedded as a trusted key in the system's firmware. Which means the only key that'd be compatible with every system on the market is Microsoft's key. There would need to be an extra step to add the System76 key to the firmware before booting into the Pop!_OS ISO, or at least installing with secure boot disabled, and then re-enabling it.
Are you sure its a USB 2.0 port and not just an unpainted port? It seems very odd to do that in a modern product. I know most of their laptops are from clevo actually besides their in house upcoming model but this does not seem right. I am honestly of the opinion that a modern laptop should come with pretty much purely USB4 and USB3.2 ports As for secure boot, while it is true that canonical pays for a microsoft shimkey that projects like linux mint can use. Pop OS can't because they build their own packages, kernels and modules. Even then however it is still stupid because they should still be able to sign the OS with their own keys. They control the BIOS and the OS.
Depending on the power requirements of what you configured, USB-C may not have the capacity for charging that is needed especially with the higher end GPUs. This is why they still use the barrel connectors for charging.
@@JessicaFEREM PD 3.1 is only like 2 years old. Manufacturers on both sides need time to design, test and manufacture I don't think there are chargers that currently go up to 240W/5A@48 volts. Regardless, you will most likely be using a brick to get 240W@5A@48 volts versus a slimmer wall charger. Heavy gaming laptops have a 330w requirement that isn't supported by USC-C at the moment. Since people are going to have to carry around bricks (at the moment) and there doesn't appear to be a charger on the market for 240w over USB-C, I don't see why there would be a specific reason to use USB-C at the moment versus a dedicated port. The highest fast charger I could find is 180W using 5A and 36 Volts, though the majority seem to do 140W.
5:54 The subtitles have the word "Tuxedo" twice. It's a little bit worrying that laptop makers are targeting specific OSes. Although I find the coreboot nice I would prefer to buy a cheaper laptop and just install whatever I want to.
For those 1000+ USD I would by 2 laptops ( Back to School discounted ) if have the money :) The future .... bleah.... nobody knows for sure if will reach tomorrow ....
That is true that they take their time on development. I also thought of a reason from the barrel jack. Hear me out. I use to repair scanner units with those chargers. It is much easier to solder a barrel jack then a C port. I do think that they should have that as a alternative.@@Trafotin
This laptop (made in China) is available worldwide under several brands but it's still to rare to be widely available second hand. I've never seen an offer. Have you? Next year it will be discontinued and suppressed with edition bilt on next generation of CPU (Intel od maybe AMD). I am about to buy 17" version on black Friday discounts, it's the only way to get it cheaper - watching for a discount.
obviously he doesn't want the viewers to be distracted by his amazing beautiful hands while trying to process his laptop review! Actually I'm pretty sure he wears them every video, so nothing special here.
Trackpad? I bought a S76 laptop. It's a wonderful machine EXCEPT the trackpad SUCKS. The only way to use it is to turn it off and use a mouse. I also bought a S76 desktop that is great. Never again, however, will I buy their laptop until they get a REAL trackpad instead of the phony one they have now. The idiot who designed it should be horse whipped for shipping such a defective product.
Hello Again Mr Matt Why do you Hate Pop os Linux mint Zorin os And Other Ubuntu based Distributions Even Though Most of Them Don't have Sanps and Invasive Telemetry Yet You Don't Like Them Because They Are Using Xorg instead of Wayland or them Not Being Rolling Releases Just Let us Use Linux In Our Own Ways Not to be Forced to use Your Recommend Solutions for A Better Life
wdym by "Just Let us Use Linux In Our Own Ways"? Trafotin is no distro mantainer or anything like that, he has no control over what you do on your computer, he just doesn't like point release operating systems himself.
