Usually I just buy from ZaReason, have them pre-install whatever distro I need,
with whatever options I want (they'll flip whatever switches are available via
the installer--
want full-disk encryption? LVM? Software RAID? Some combination? Just ask them).
And these laptops are just
Thanks! I appreciate all of the feedback provided- I have been running
Fedora on Thinkpad laptops since IBM days- first, a T43 and then a W500.
The W500 still works, but is now too slow to do much more than be a
terminal server for web browsing or jumping onto a cloud VM.
I had not looked at
16GB ram is my minimum for a Linux desktop. 8GB was fine before sandbox
tabbed browsing came
along but today that's where the bulk of the memory is allocated. It works
but it feels cramped sometimes.
KDE is leaner than gnome these days believe it or not. I also don't need a
registry editor or
I tend to use my laptop in one place so I don't really use the battery. I
want chrome, xterminals and ssh to my servers.
I had T61p laptops with 8GB and SSD for a long time until the power
supplies got flakey.
I upgraded to a T420s from ebay ($100ish) plugged the SSD from the T61p and
just kept
You can pickup Thinkpad x220 cheap on ebay with 2/4 core i7 processor and
max 16G DRAM + SSD for under $250.
Just picked one up for the wife for $179.
After that I wouldn't bother with anything less than a P50. They can be had
for under $1K and are absolute
beasts. Tons of ram capacity, multiple
For many years I badmouthed Dells because they used to not run Linux very
well. But, in the past several years they have become much much better. I
had a great Lenovo when I worked at IBM, but it weighed a ton.
On Sat, Sep 14, 2019 at 1:25 PM Curt Howland wrote:
> On 9/14/19, Mark Ellison
I have a Dell inspiron 13 5378. This is a 13" touchscreen with an SSD. and
dual core I7.
My wife has an Asus. She broke her screen the first day we bought it at
Microcenter, and it took a very long time for them to get the laptop
repaired. In contrast, I had a Lenovo when I worked for Red Hat,
On 9/14/19, Mark Ellison wrote:
> Hi-
>
> As appropriate, please respond with your recent laptop experience...
I use a Dell 6430 at work, and everything works with Debian. It's been
a solid workhorse.
My Mom is now using a 6430 since her machine flaked out and I knew
this would work.
For
Hi-
As appropriate, please respond with your recent laptop experience...
I have been using the Lenovo Thinkpad line of laptops with Fedora Linux.
Currently, have a short list of laptops- the Lenovo Thinkpad T490 and the
HP ProBook, Zbook or Elite with the i7 4-core 8M cache. Screen should be no
