Re: Inexpensive Laptop for Debian

2015-05-30 Thread Bret Busby
On 30/05/2015, John Aten welcome.to.eye.o.r...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, I would like to see if anyone could give some advice or opinions on getting an inexpensive laptop to run Debian. I plan to use the machine for lighter duty functions; writing, web browsing, programming, etc. Basically, I

Inexpensive Laptop for Debian

2015-05-30 Thread Juha Heinanen
John Aten writes: Basically, I am looking for something with a little more muscle than a Chromebook. Well, some of the cheap Acer Chromebooks come with i3 processors and are more than adequate for what you describe. -- Juha -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: Inexpensive Laptop for Debian

2015-05-30 Thread Reco
if anyone could give some advice or opinions on getting an inexpensive laptop to run Debian. I plan to use the machine for lighter duty functions; writing, web browsing, programming, etc. Basically, I am looking for something with a little more muscle than a Chromebook. Most laptops that I

Re: Inexpensive Laptop for Debian

2015-05-30 Thread Stuart Longland
On 30/05/15 17:31, Reco wrote: If you buy a Dell with Windows 7 installed on it, you'd better try and use Windows to shrink the partition and make room for Linux. … You just by an extra 3.5'' form-factor disk and replace the stock one. Next you install Debian at the new disk, and keep the

Re: Inexpensive Laptop for Debian

2015-05-30 Thread Stuart Longland
On 30/05/15 10:03, John Aten wrote: Hey all, I would like to see if anyone could give some advice or opinions on getting an inexpensive laptop to run Debian. I plan to use the machine for lighter duty functions; writing, web browsing, programming, etc. Basically, I am looking

Re: Inexpensive Laptop for Debian

2015-05-30 Thread Reco
Hi. On Sat, 30 May 2015 17:47:15 +1000 Stuart Longland stua...@longlandclan.yi.org wrote: On 30/05/15 17:31, Reco wrote: If you buy a Dell with Windows 7 installed on it, you'd better try and use Windows to shrink the partition and make room for Linux. … You just by an extra 3.5''

Re: Inexpensive Laptop for Debian

2015-05-30 Thread Konstantinos Pachnis
Hello, On 29-05-2015, John Aten wrote: Hey all, I would like to see if anyone could give some advice or opinions on getting an inexpensive laptop to run Debian. I plan to use the machine for lighter duty functions; writing, web browsing, programming, etc. Basically, I am looking

Re: Inexpensive Laptop for Debian

2015-05-30 Thread Jape Person
On 05/30/2015 03:25 AM, Stuart Longland wrote: The other option might be to look at Lenovo's offerings, there might be some Superfish-ridden ones that sellers will be trying to offload dirt cheap: the malware being easily removed with the Debian installer. ;-) I'll add a vote for Lenovo. I've

Re: Inexpensive Laptop for Debian

2015-05-30 Thread Tazman DeVille
On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 07:03:40PM -0500, John Aten wrote: Hey all,  I would like to see if anyone could give some advice or opinions on getting an inexpensive laptop to run Debian. I plan to use the machine for lighter duty functions; writing, web

Re: Inexpensive Laptop for Debian

2015-05-30 Thread Sven Arvidsson
On Fri, 2015-05-29 at 19:03 -0500, John Aten wrote: I see that Dell offers the Inspiron 14 or 15 3000 series non-touch laptop with Ubuntu preinstalled; this model is around the price/spec range that I would like. I figure, if it runs Ubuntu, then this is possibly a good indication that I could

Inexpensive Laptop for Debian

2015-05-29 Thread John Aten
Hey all, I would like to see if anyone could give some advice or opinions on getting an inexpensive laptop to run Debian. I plan to use the machine for lighter duty functions; writing, web browsing, programming, etc. Basically, I am looking for something with a little more muscle than

Re: Inexpensive Laptop for Debian

2015-05-29 Thread Doug
On 05/29/2015 10:38 PM, Robert Crawford wrote: On May 29, 2015 7:04 PM, John Aten welcome.to.eye.o.r...@gmail.com mailto:welcome.to.eye.o.r...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, I would like to see if anyone could give some advice or opinions on getting an inexpensive laptop to run Debian. I

Re: Inexpensive Laptop for Debian

2015-05-29 Thread Robert Crawford
On May 29, 2015 7:04 PM, John Aten welcome.to.eye.o.r...@gmail.com wrote: Hey all, I would like to see if anyone could give some advice or opinions on getting an inexpensive laptop to run Debian. I plan to use the machine for lighter duty functions; writing, web browsing, programming, etc