December 24, 2019 9:43 AM, "Ondřej Šulák" <ond...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello pals, > > for the last release of Qubes, what laptop would you recommend? Is there any > cheaper option which > does have HW compatibility with latest Qubes (ideally with shipping from EU), > than this one: > > https://insurgo.ca/produit/qubesos-certified-privacybeast_x230-reasonably-secured-laptop > ? > Thanks for any tips! > There are two tested, but not certified, models: Thinkpad X1 Carbon gen 5, and Thinkpad x230. https://www.qubes-os.org/doc/hardware-testing/ In general Thinkpads are usually pretty safe. Personally I would try to avoid AMD systems, as well as consumer models. Look for business class or mid-range hardware where possible, as they tend to have more solid firmware. Look for Intel 4th gen (I think) and newer, as prior generations did not have integrated chipsets. Avoid buying the latest models. Qubes is based on older versions of Fedora and LTS kernels, so look for hardware that has been on the market for at least a little while. Look for models that advertise Linux compatibility or ship with Ubuntu preinstalled, and prefer vendors that tend to have good Linux support, such as Lenovo, Dell, and HP. Other than that, check the HCL, and google around and see what other users have reported. Also search the mailing list for HCL reports, as it takes a long time for them to show up on the website. Above all, make sure you can return it for a refund in case it doesn't run Qubes! Now, all that being said, I recently took a chance on a very cheap consumer-grade Dell Inspiron with AMD, and I have to say I had pretty good luck, all things considered. USB Qube is not supported, and I still haven't gotten suspend/resume to work, but everything else works, and it was a steal for the price. So even going against all recommendations you can still get lucky, it just depends how much risk you're comfortable with and how much trial-and-error you have time for. However, even following all the best practices won't guarantee success on the first try: case in point there are Thinkpads on the HCL with more problems than my cheap Inspiron. Good luck! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to qubes-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/dccf3314376502a699a313ce2fcca986%40disroot.org.
