Re: [Dorset] New laptop

2022-11-02 Thread Peter Merchant via dorset
Sorry about the double posting. The first one was sent from an email address that I don't use for the LUG, and I didn't expect it to get through. And T-bird lets you send emails from any of the address accounts that you have. I didn't check before posting. peter M -- Next meeting: Online,

Re: [Dorset] New laptop

2022-11-02 Thread Peter Merchant
On 20/09/2022 17:26, Peter Merchant wrote: A friend of mine is wanting a new laptop and asked if I would post his request here - Yes he uses Linux. Does anybody know of a good source for him? I've looked at Linux built laptops including Dell and all seem to be overpriced compared to popular W

Re: [Dorset] New laptop

2022-11-02 Thread Peter Merchant via dorset
On 20/09/2022 17:26, Peter Merchant wrote: A friend of mine is wanting a new laptop and asked if I would post his request here - Yes he uses Linux. Does anybody know of a good source for him? I've looked at Linux built laptops including Dell and all seem to be overpriced compared to popular W

Re: [Dorset] New laptop

2022-09-21 Thread Terry Coles
Copy to list because my email client sent it direct to John On 21/09/2022 10:28, Terry Coles wrote: On 20/09/2022 18:42, John Carlyle-Clarke wrote: I think it's a case of "you get what you pay for" to some extent but the machines that are sold as supporting Linux like Dells and Thinkpads do

Re: [Dorset] New laptop

2022-09-20 Thread Bob Dunlop
Hi, On Tue, Sep 20 at 05:26, Peter Merchant wrote: > I wonder if you could ask the group for any suggestions around ,£500. 256 > /512 SSD 8GB memory i3/5 or AMDr3/5, Al chassis, 14"+/- , fingerprint and > backlight UK keyboard. I used PC Specialist [1] for my last laptop a few years back, thei

Re: [Dorset] New laptop

2022-09-20 Thread Tim
I would tend to agree with John, look at getting a a new or second hand Thinkpad, I have an old single core R51 (proper IBM 2006 vintage) which I upgraded with a new battery and some more memory, for less than £80, it runs AntiX without issue. The other Thinkpad is a T530 (IBM designed badged L

Re: [Dorset] New laptop

2022-09-20 Thread John Carlyle-Clarke
On Tue, 20 Sept 2022 at 18:14, Hugh Frater wrote: > > On Tue, 20 Sep 2022 at 18:26, Peter Merchant > wrote: > > > A friend of mine is wanting a new laptop and asked if I would post his > > request here - Yes he uses Linux. > > > > Does anybody know of a good source for him? I've always seen refu

Re: [Dorset] New laptop

2022-09-20 Thread Hugh Frater
FWIW I’ve never had much luck getting fingerprint readers to work on my laptops when dual booting - the current Machine (asus g14) is no exception. Everything else works fine though. I had an aluminium chassis’d huawei that worked well with mint. I believe their 14” matebook series actually have