I sell laptops. Refurbished mainly, but some new. If you wanted to buy one with whatever flavour of LInux I would happily install it pre-purchase. Otherwise if you would like to buy one with no system, I would install it for you, and probably show you. =o)
Hope this helps Not putting my business name in - this is not for that. Pete On 3 November 2016 at 17:58, Peter Alefounder via Hampshire < hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk> wrote: > What is the best way to acquire a laptop running Linux these > days? Various web searches haven't helped me much. Some sites say > it's better to get one running Windows, then install Linux. > However, I get the impression that it can be difficult to have > all the hardware working properly, because of a lack of Linux > drivers. Other web sites list various laptops with Linux, but > they turn out to be either extremely expensive, or very low-end, > or currently out of stock. It appears that building one is not > feasible as, unlike desktop machines, hardware is not standard. > > I understand that people do have laptops running Linux, so how is > it done? I would be grateful for any advice. > > Peter Alefounder. > > -- > Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk > Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire > LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk > --------------------------------------------------------------
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