Re: Picking a new laptop

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On Tue, 2022-02-01 at 09:28 -0400, George N. White III wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 at 08:17, Neal Becker <ndbecker2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I believe both lenovo and dell ship laptops with linux installed.
> > 
> 
> 
> They do, but sometimes they use very new chips and drivers that
> aren't yet available for other distros, so you may be stuck with the
> vendor-supported distro until drivers become more widely available.
> 
> I recommend looking for a model from a couple years ago -- long
> enough for user reports of any issues to be findable by Google.
> 
> At present, large organizations are replacing relatively new laptops
> that won't run Windows 11 (e.g., some models of Dell Latitude 7480, 
> but see Setting up Linux in 7480 - Dell Community) so you might want 
> to check Dell's "refurbished" systems or eBay.  One problem is that such
> laptops are often sold with a variety of wifi cards, so you may
> need to swap in a more linux-friendly component.   Higher end
> Dell and Lenovo are generally easier to service than some
> consumer laptops, but you can often find online instructions for 
> SSD and wifi upgrades.  
> 
> > 
> > On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 6:37 PM Geoffrey Leach <geoff@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Hmmmm ... well how's about a company that designs *for* Linux?
> > > Star Labs https://starlabs.systems/ is a UK company that sells direct.
> > > I have their Starlite laptops and had absolutely no problem loading
> > > Fedora 32, even though it's not one of their "guaranteed to run" distos.
> > > 
> > > Oh, and if something should go wrong, its nice to know that you won't
> > > get the, "Oh, we don't support Linux" response.
> > > 
> > > On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 17:16:40 -0500 (EST)
> > > joe@xxxxxxx wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I'm still trying to get my current laptop running again, but I'm
> > > > probably going to need to get a new one.  If nothing else, this one
> > > > doesn't really have enough memory and it's maxed out.
> > > > 
> > > > Right now, I'm also trying to get Xubuntu loaded onto my sister's
> > > > Acer Aspire 1, and having considerable difficulty getting it to boot
> > > > from the USB.  I'm not comfortable with her new laptop and would
> > > > rather not get myself an Acer.  If any of you have had good
> > > > experiences recently with getting Fedora installed on a laptop,
> > > > suggestions would be very welcome.
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Interested to see the UK StarLabs site.

I have been using Fedora 34 & 35 on a customised version from here

https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en

Very pleased with it.

John
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