On Thursday 16 July 2020 13:45:52 Michael wrote: > On Wednesday 15 July 2020 07:17:54 pm Felmon Davis wrote: > > greets! > > > > I have a new notebook I want to install Debian/Trinity on. > > > > it's an Asus Zenbook with Windows 10 Home; BIOS is American Megatrends > > version 300. > > Hey Felmon, > > Since you just bought one, is this company reasonable for notebook prices? > * > > https://starlabs.systems/ > > "Built for Linux. Star Labs offer a range of laptops designed and built > specifically for Linux. All of our laptops come with a choice of Ubuntu, > elementary OS, Linux Mint, Manjaro, MX Linux or Zorin OS pre-installed ..." > > I went desktop several years back, but it'd be nice to have a 'beater' to > take to a coffee shop.. > > Best, > Michael > > * I have no finacial or other interest in them. > Do they still sell no-OS laptops or desktops? About ten years ago, I bought a no-OS desktop which (if memory serves) was American Megatrends. That sounds really familiar. Anyway, it ran pretty well, was lots cheaper, had what I needed at the time; but it did seem rather less than bleeding-edge. A friend of mine buys up whole bins of old or discontinued laptops, refurbishes, etc., then resells (so I can get one at cost). He is recommending a Lenovo T530, which is the last of some series or other. He was showing off a few of its features; e.g., you can take out the DVD-drive and replace it with an SSD, etc. And there were lots of other goodies, look up the specs. In his estimation, which I trust over some years of experience, he says this is an especially good machine to trick out for Linux, multi-boot, all the stuff we talk about here. Also I looked into the Pine-stuff. They have laptops, tablets, smartphones, etc., but don't know much more. (Pinebook, Pinephone, etc.) It might be that you can find such a deal wherever you live. Bill *Note that, like Michael, I have no financial interest here; just passing along what I've heard. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting
