It would be nice if the linux distros would get together and come up
with a "linux friendly" certification.
On 11/27/2013 09:14 PM, Michael Butash wrote:
I'd avoid hp laptops like the plague, traditionally they and toshiba
have been by far the worst laptop vendor for linux support, as they
still play the "oh, no one uses linux" excuse. I abandoned my
personal elitebook as it'd never suspend right, and constantly have
disk issues with them for no apparent reason (seems disk locking/tpm
bugs them out). Their hardware developers work around acpi bugs in
bios with windoze drivers for them, or engineer the bios for broken
windoze acpi implementations. Never really have gotten a clear answer
which direction it actually is, but typically linux hates their idiots
that make their bios.
That said, my current employer gave me a hp elitebook folio that
surprisingly works pretty decently with linux (ubuntu, currently 13.10
on it). My worst issues pertain to enterprise-y function like
wireless, docking stations, ad/kerberos (likewise/krb5), pam, and lightdm.
Dell on the other hand employees at least one of the more major
contributors to the linux kernel, and haven't had an issue running
linux oob on them since maybe 2008.
-mb
Sent from a carrier unfriendly android device.
On November 27, 2013 3:15:41 PM Derek Trotter wrote:
I would be careful of the HP laptops if you're going to put linux on
them. You might remember from a few months ago the trouble I had
with my HP desktop running linux. It liked to lock up at random,
sometimes within 20 minutes of booting up, sometimes it might last a
day or two. Recently my sister asked me to put linux on her HP
laptop. I did and it had the same locking up at random issue.
On 11/27/2013 09:24 AM, Stephen wrote:
I have to say i have liked the internal design of the last two
generations. Easy to work on and keep cleaned out.
well on the latitudes specifically, the inspirons were a PITA to
work on.
On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 8:59 AM, keith smith <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Hi,
I'm seeing some decent pricing on laptops for tomorrow night /
Friday morning.
I have several HP's and find them to be decent laptops. I use
Dell for my desktop computers and have really enjoyed their
products.
I'm looking at a Toshiba that is a decent build and has a really
good price. I owned a Toshiba about 12 years ago and was not
very impressed.
I hear there is only 4 manufactures of laptop components, so I
am wondering if the company that does the assembly and puts
their name on the finish product is all that important.
You thoughts on this matter are very important to me.
Thanks!
Keith
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