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by elxr 18 days ago
That's one of the laptops I've been sort of looking into.

Can you run stuff like hyprland, and the linux-version of ghostty on it? Not familiar with the state of WSL2.

I'm honestly happy just using linux, but that zenbook a16 is just better value than a panther lake or mac alternative with a similar spec (RAM and display quality mainly). So if WSL2 essentially lets me just treat it as a linux laptop, or a close enough approximation without any real downsides, then it might sway me.

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I run Windows 11 Pro on it. I like it. I use WSL2 for command line/Docker stuff. If you're not insterested in using Windows 11 Pro as your main OS, I'd make sure someone's figured out how to run Linux native on it (and make sure all power management/audio/etc works!) before buying.