Debian laptop recommendations? Non-proprietary software only.

2014-03-27 Thread Testosticore Fantastiballs
Hello, all! I'm currently in the market for a laptop/notebook computer on which to have a fully free installation of Debian GNU/Linux. That's is, I plan to have no proprietary programs whatsoever installed on it. This doesn't mean that I won't install some programs which Debian, as per the

Re: Debian laptop recommendations? Non-proprietary software only.

2014-03-27 Thread Mr Queue
debian-lap...@lists.debian.org -- Perhaps the most widespread illusion is that if we were in power we would behave very differently from those who now hold it -- when, in truth, in order to get power we would have to become very much like them. (Lenin's fatal mistake, both in theory and in

Re: Debian laptop recommendations? Non-proprietary software only.

2014-03-27 Thread Brian
On Fri 28 Mar 2014 at 02:49:07 +0800, Testosticore Fantastiballs wrote: I'm currently eying the Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E130 and the Thinkpad Edge E420. Have any of you had experience with any of these machines or similar ones? For the first machine:

Re: Debian laptop recommendations? Non-proprietary software only.

2014-03-27 Thread Luis Eduardo Cortes
I'm currently eying the Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E130 and the Thinkpad Edge E420. Have any of you had experience with any of these machines or similar ones? I own this, I love it: http://blog.jospoortvliet.com/2012/09/linux-and-samsung-series-9-np900x3c.html Regards. -- Usuario Linux

Re: Debian laptop recommendations? Non-proprietary software only.

2014-03-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 28/03/14 05:49, Testosticore Fantastiballs wrote: Hello, all! I'm currently in the market for a laptop/notebook computer on which to have a fully free installation of Debian GNU/Linux. Sounds good. That's is, I plan to have no proprietary programs whatsoever installed on it. This

Re: Debian laptop recommendations? Non-proprietary software only.

2014-03-27 Thread Joel Wirāmu Pauling
Happily Recommend this: http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Lenovo-ThinkPad-X1-Carbon-2014-A-Fantastic-Revision/ Or The Haswell revision of the Acer Aspire S7 Or the Asus UX301 Basically if you are buying a laptop new. Don't buy anything that isn't a Haswell chip - mainly due to battery life

Re: Debian laptop recommendations? Non-proprietary software only.

2014-03-27 Thread Tony Baldwin
On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:16:35PM +, Brian wrote: On Fri 28 Mar 2014 at 02:49:07 +0800, Testosticore Fantastiballs wrote: I'm currently eying the Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E130 and the Thinkpad Edge E420. Have any of you had experience with any of these machines or similar ones? For