LXF is wrong!
In the password manager article (Roundup, LXF312), it stated that you would still have to pay for premium features if you self-hosted Bitwarden. Just an update, but if you selfhost with Vaultwarden (https://github.com/dani-garcia/vaultwarden), you get most premium features for free.
Vaultwarden still uses the official Bitwarden clients and is a much lighterweight installation, better suited to home servers. Thanks for continuing to put out such a great magazine!
Neil says… Thanks for putting us straight on that one. I’ve not come across Vaultwarden, so that’s good to know about for the self-hosting types. Personally, I’m a big fan of Bitwarden and have no issue paying the $10 yearly fee to help fund it in some way. I can attest that moving from LastPass was utterly smooth, too, and if anything Bitwarden has a better web interface. And although the Android app could do with more polish, it’s certainly as good as LastPass.
We mean business
I’m looking for a Linux distro and a laptop model that is stable and will not start having problems after a couple of years. I’m looking for something that is business class and the budget is around £1,000. The idea is that the laptop should be suitable for multitasking and maintaining multiple terminals.
Currently, I’m working from Ubuntu running on a HP ProBook 450 G10 with an Intel Core i5-1335U and 32GB RAM. We are thinking of switching to Lenovo ThinkPads or the Dell Latitude series, but are open to any model and distro that will work well together.
Neil says… To be honest, that current laptop is pretty, erm, current. The processor was only launched early 2023, so it should barely even be a year old at this point. Not having tested any of those laptops, it’s hard to officially recommend anything. We ran an article in LXF313 on Framework gearing up to provide business-class laptops – as they’re repairable, that’s an interesting option, and they support Ubuntu and Fedora. No one got fired for buying Dell, is a saying, I believe, so have a look at the Dell models that officially support Ubuntu; the XPS 13 is the one to go for. Else Canonical runs a certified programme for Ubuntu that covers Dell, HP and Lenovo. See https://ubuntu.com/certified/laptops.
Basic sales
I found it interesting that Peachtree accounting started out in Basic. I can also comment that I once worked for the company that is now GameStop. As of 1998 when I left the company, its point-of-sales system was written in a dialect of Basic. I think
