{"id":65534,"date":"2024-09-24T14:46:46","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T14:46:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/kubuntu-focus-ir14-gen-2-review-using-linux-instead-of-messing-with-it\/"},"modified":"2024-09-24T14:46:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T14:46:46","slug":"kubuntu-focus-ir14-gen-2-review-using-linux-instead-of-messing-with-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/kubuntu-focus-ir14-gen-2-review-using-linux-instead-of-messing-with-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Kubuntu Focus Ir14 Gen 2 review: Using Linux instead of messing with it"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div id=\"rss-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"intro-image intro-left\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kf1-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"The Kubuntu Focus Ir14 Gen 2.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\" style=\"font-size:0.8em\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.arstechnica.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kf1.jpg\" class=\"enlarge-link\" data-height=\"1512\" data-width=\"2016\">Enlarge<\/a> <span class=\"sep\">\/<\/span> The Kubuntu Focus Ir14 Gen 2. (credit: Kevin Purdy)<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<div><a name=\"page-1\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>There are lots of laptops\u2014maybe all of them\u2014on which you can run a Linux desktop. There are a few vendors that offer laptops with extensive Linux compatibility. And then there are a select few that specialize in Linux laptops, support them, and even customize them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kfocus.org\/\">Kubuntu Focus<\/a> is one of the select few. It sent me one of its laptops to test the <a href=\"https:\/\/kfocus.org\/spec\/spec-ir14.html\">Ir14 Gen 2<\/a>, which runs, of course, <a href=\"https:\/\/kubuntu.org\/\">Kubuntu<\/a>, the KDE desktop variant of Ubuntu. The \u201cFocus\u201d in the company name comes from what it is hoping to provide: a device on which you can just do your work without worrying about what\u2019s happening deeper in your system. Go ahead and <code>sudo apt update<\/code>, says the Focus team; we\u2019ve got you.<\/p>\n<p>I used the Ir14 Gen 2 for Ars Technica work and my personal needs for at least two weeks. Setting the system up with Focus\u2019 guided wizard, installing apps from its store, and refusing to touch any of the deeper system files, I achieved something pretty remarkable: no unexpected behaviors on a Linux laptop. Had anything gone wrong, I could reasonably lean back on the system\u2019s rollbacks, which I used a couple of times with no problem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=2051198#p3\">Read 19 remaining paragraphs<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/?p=2051198&amp;comments=1\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enlarge \/ The Kubuntu Focus Ir14 Gen 2. (credit: Kevin Purdy) There are lots of laptops\u2014maybe all of them\u2014on which you can run a Linux desktop. There are a few vendors that offer laptops with extensive Linux compatibility. And then there are a select few that specialize in Linux laptops, support them, and even customize them. Kubuntu Focus is one of the select few. 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