I know this next statement is of no help but unless its a thinkpad any new computers i get i build myself and check the parts are compat with linux. So no amd graphics and no broadcom crap stick to intel or amd processors (if budget is tight), intel or nvidia graphics and other parts that are well known to work with linux.
On 23 June 2015 at 22:35, Wesley Parish <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks. Will do. > > (I have been having dark thoughts about reporting this PC as "unfit for > purpose" > to the relevant authorities. For what it's worth, I also have to report > that > Microsoft has failed in making a programmer-friendly OS, if this is > anything to > go by. With a number of my programming books in PDF format, and having to > go > through the hideous HP process to access them, before I downloaded some > alternative PDF readers ... well, the process one is executing going full > screen > doesn't fit in with the concept of tiling windows, does it ...? It's > almost a > throwback to DOS singletasking days ...) > > Wesley Parish > > Quoting Bevan <[email protected]>: > > > On 23 June 2015 at 20:36, Wesley Parish <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > HP 110-404A-B tower > > > > > > Shutdown the computer don't restart, then turn it back on. Ss soon as > > you > > push the power on key then press the f10 key (once every second) it > > should > > go into the bios. > > > > The first time i bought computer it was a consumer HP pc and that was > > the > > last time. I find they are worst than a dell for lock in, software and > > hardware. The HP business desktops are much better. > > > > > > > > -- > > Regards > > > > Bevan > > > > Linux Aficionado and Arch Linux fanboy > > > > > > In a world without fences and walls, who needs Gates and Windows? > > > > > > "I have supposed that he who buys a Method means to learn it." - Ferdinand > Sor, > Method for Guitar > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > -- Regards Bevan Linux Aficionado and Arch Linux fanboy In a world without fences and walls, who needs Gates and Windows?
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