[PLUG] Linux Laptop Vendor

Alan Olsen alan.olsen at gmail.com
Thu Mar 1 21:26:36 UTC 2007


On 2/25/07, Kris <krisa at subtend.net> wrote:
>
> Michael M. wrote:
> > On Tue, 2007-02-20 at 14:13 -0800, Aaron Baer wrote:
> >> Since people ask here often about Linux compatible laptops I thought
> >> I'd post this for the archives.. Anyone know anything about these
> >> folks?
> >>
> >> http://shafetech.com/
> >>
> >> Linux laptops and desktops shipped running Ubuntu.
> >>
> >
> >
> > Kind of odd that they don't say what graphics hardware you get with the
> > desktops, and there's no configuration option for graphics.  Unless I'm
> > missing something.
> >
> > I don't think I'd feel comfortable buying from any company that doesn't
> > disclose its physical address in the real world.  Who are these people?
> > Where are they?
>
> I've recommended System76 to clients, and have been fairly happy with
> them.  We ordered 60 Pangolin laptops and a few needed to have parts
> reseated due to shipping.  They are made by Asus, and they look like the
> Echo from Shafetech.
>
> I tend to recommend Penguin Computing or IBM for servers.  Though I'm
> having issues installing Dapper or Etch on a Penguin Computing Altus
> 1600 with a hardware SAS RAID controller.  Pre-installed FC6 seems to
> boot fine though.


If you need something cheap, I seem to remember that CTL sells laptops with
no OS installed.



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