Fedora Project and Slimbook Release the New Fedora Slimbook
If you're a fan of the Fedora Linux distribution and are in the market for a new Linux laptop, Slimbook might be what you need.
The new Fedora Slimbook is a sleek ultrabook, that looks like it could have easily slipped out of the Apple factory.
It's a 3.3-pound notebook with a 16" 2560 X 1600 px High Rez display (with a 90Hz refresh rate powered by an NVIDIA RTX 3050 Ti GPU, an 82Wh battery, an Intel Core 17-12700H CPU (with 14 cores and 20 threads), and the GNOME desktop environment to make interacting with the hardware as user-friendly as it gets.
As far as ports are concerned, you'll find 1 USB-C Thunderbolt, 1 USB-C with DisplayPort, 1 USB-A 3.0, 1 HDMI 2.0, 1 AC, 1 Kensington Lock, 1 SD card reader, and a 3.5mm combo mic/headphone jack.
You can configure RAM from 16GB to 64GB; internal storage from 500GB to 2TB NVMe (and even secondary storage from 500GB to 2TB); and add RAID 0 or 1.
The base price of the Fedora Slimbook starts at €1799. A fully configured version can run up to €3156.
Assembly time is 1 week and the devices are available for purchase now. Learn more on the product website.

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