Re: Recs for new Linux laptop? (to replace Zareason)

2021-11-10 Thread Tom Browder
On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 09:17 Tom Browder wrote: > My Zareason laptop (13-in screen, very lightweight and thin) is running > Debian 10 natively and wonderfully (with Win10 as a dual boot option), but > the company has gone out of business and I want to start preparing a > standby replacement. > T

Re: Recs for new Linux laptop? (to replace Zareason)

2021-11-10 Thread Christian Britz
On 09.11.21 at 18:47 Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > Results may vary: cheap Lenovo may be a very different experience to > Thinkpad. There is a quality difference which depends on original price, > I think. Sure, I know, I wanted to express that if even a cheap low end IdeaPad with no stated support

Re: Recs for new Linux laptop? (to replace Zareason)

2021-11-09 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, 9 Nov 2021 16:06:39 + "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: > Does it have to be new out of the box new? There are many of us > working happily with second hand Lenovo Thinkpads - and a year old > machine from a bankrupt business is relatively easy to source. Refurbished Lenovos are also availa

Re: Recs for new Linux laptop? (to replace Zareason)

2021-11-09 Thread Dan Ritter
Bob McGowan wrote: > On 11/9/21 7:17 AM, Tom Browder wrote: > Just two comments of things to look out for: > > 1.  If possible avoid Optimus based (dual graphics card) laptops.  It seems > there is a lot of variability in how different companies implement this, > which may impact how well a Linux

Re: Recs for new Linux laptop? (to replace Zareason)

2021-11-09 Thread Bob McGowan
On 11/9/21 7:17 AM, Tom Browder wrote: My Zareason laptop (13-in screen, very lightweight and thin) is running Debian 10 natively and wonderfully (with Win10 as a dual boot option), but the company has gone out of business and I want to start preparing a standby replacement. I would appreciat

Re: Recs for new Linux laptop? (to replace Zareason)

2021-11-09 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 9 Nov 2021 17:47:16 + "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: > On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 06:20:38PM +0100, Christian Britz wrote: > > My cheap Lenovo Ideapad S145 was not supported by the stable kernel in > > Debian Buster (especially SSD and WiFi) when I bought it in April 2020, > > but very soon

Re: Recs for new Linux laptop? (to replace Zareason)

2021-11-09 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 06:20:38PM +0100, Christian Britz wrote: > My cheap Lenovo Ideapad S145 was not supported by the stable kernel in > Debian Buster (especially SSD and WiFi) when I bought it in April 2020, > but very soon got supported better and better by the testing > distribution. When Bul

Re: Recs for new Linux laptop? (to replace Zareason)

2021-11-09 Thread Christian Britz
My cheap Lenovo Ideapad S145 was not supported by the stable kernel in Debian Buster (especially SSD and WiFi) when I bought it in April 2020, but very soon got supported better and better by the testing distribution. When Bullseye got released, it was fully supported. I would assume that Lenovo m

Re: Recs for new Linux laptop? (to replace Zareason)

2021-11-09 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Tue, Nov 09, 2021 at 09:17:53AM -0600, Tom Browder wrote: > My Zareason laptop (13-in screen, very lightweight and thin) is running > Debian 10 natively and wonderfully (with Win10 as a dual boot option), but > the company has gone out of business and I want to start preparing a > standby replac

Recs for new Linux laptop? (to replace Zareason)

2021-11-09 Thread Tom Browder
My Zareason laptop (13-in screen, very lightweight and thin) is running Debian 10 natively and wonderfully (with Win10 as a dual boot option), but the company has gone out of business and I want to start preparing a standby replacement. I would appreciate any recommendations for that. I have looke