Hmm...Get something which has Intel Wireless + Intel/Nvidia Graphics and Intel Chipset. These days almost all hardware is supported out of the box. it depends on your budget. While buying, take a Ubuntu Live CD with you and boot the laptop to check comparability. you can also cross-check support by running lspci and pasting output in Debian[1]. few more resources for your help. Ubuntu Laptop testing[2] Dell with Ubuntu factory installed[3] [1]http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/ [2]https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Testing/Laptop/Reports [3]http://is.gd/ckHzH Hope it helps. Regards, Gaurish Sharma www.gaurishsharma.com 2010/5/22 Lukas Grässlin <lukasgraesslin@xxxxxx>: > On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 04:33:36PM +0100, Magnus Therning wrote: >> It's that time for me again... my desktop is getting long in the tooth so I'm >> starting to look around for a replacement. This time I thought I'd also >> include laptops in my search. However, with laptops it's difficult to find >> out just how well they work with Linux. Are all the built-in devices, >> webcams, fingerprint scanners etc, fully supported? Is the power management >> (ACPI) fully supported? Etc, etc... >> >> In the past I've heard good things about Linux on IBM's ThinkPads. But I've >> heard some VERY bad things about getting Linux working well on Lenovo's recent >> models. >> >> So, I resort to ask for advice on this mailing list. >> >> What laptops should I have a look at? >> Is there some brand (Dell, HP, ...) that is more Linux friendly than others? >> >> /M >> >> -- >> Magnus Therning (OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) >> magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org >> http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe >> > > I'm using a Lenoxo Thinkpad x200 and except for the fingerprint reader > _everything_ works completely fine. > > -- > Lukas Grässlin > GnuPG-Key: http://lg.ath.cx/lukasgraesslin@xxxxxxxxxx >
