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System76 Releases Updated AMD Ryzen Linux Laptop
System76 has been offering AMD-powered Linux laptops for a few years now and before rounding out 2024 they have announced the new Pangolin 'Pang15' laptop with an updated SoC, 2K display with 16:10 screen ratio and 120Hz refresh rate, and other refinements to this all-aluminum build Linux laptop.
The AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS is still a mighty powerful laptop SoC by today's standards even with being based on the older Zen 4 cores, but given the timing of this launch for late 2024 it's a bit unfortunate that they weren't yet able to deliver any newer AMD Zen 5 based laptop. The AMD Ryzen AI 300 "Strix Point" SoCs have been out for several months now in a few laptops with using Zen 5/5C cores with improved power efficiency and the nice RDNA3.5 graphics. Pop!_OS 22.04 and Ubuntu 22.04/24.04 are the pre-install Linux OS options currently offered for this new AMD Ryzen powered laptop.
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