[PLUG] Laptop Recommendations

MIke C. (Tech. Coord.) mike.connors at albertagrocery.coop
Sat Aug 16 00:29:00 UTC 2014


I don't know specifically what specs, tech support/warranty, price, etc in
a new Linux laptop but I've been very happily running Debian/Ubuntu on used
& refurbished Lenovo laptops for almost a decade. I've found the Lenovo
hardware to very well supported. Nary a problem w. the exception of
wireless nic drivers a few years ago in which I had to go hunting around
for the correct driver. In the end I just learned more about Linux and
installing drivers! =)

I prefer to do my own install instead of paying a couple hundred extra $ to
a Linux reseller for similarly spec'd laptop as ThinkWiki is a really great
resource for installing Linux on Thinkpads!
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkWiki

Also, Canonical works closely with *Lenovo* to certify Ubuntu on a range of
their hardware.
http://www.ubuntu.com/certification/desktop/make/Lenovo/?category=Laptop

And Linuxcertified (http://www.linuxcertified.com/linux-laptop-lctp.html)
sells Lenovo laptops w. Linux pre-installed.

Cheers!




On Thu, Aug 14, 2014 at 12:04 PM, John Jason Jordan <johnxj at comcast.net>
wrote:

> On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 08:54:02 -0700
> Mark Phillips <mark at phillipsmarketing.biz> dijo:
>
> >I think I will look some more....maybe alienware or asus.
>
> Don't forget System76, Emperor, and various other Linux laptop vendors.
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