Anyone any recommendations for very cheap laptops (ideally netbook
like form factor) with good linux support?
I assume netbooks themselves are pretty dead (which is a pity since
some had decent keyboards).
Has anyone found anything similar? I suppose a chromebook running the
libfakeroot linux
On 22/09/15 19:49, Steve Mynott wrote:
> Anyone any recommendations for very cheap laptops (ideally netbook
> like form factor) with good linux support?
Refurbished Lenovos. I got an X61 a couple of years ago for £60 and it's
(still) excellent. You should be able to find some X201 for around
On 22 September 2015 at 19:49, Steve Mynott wrote:
> Anyone any recommendations for very cheap laptops (ideally netbook
> like form factor) with good linux support?
>
http://www.ebuyer.com/ubuntu
One of those perhaps.
Cheers,
Al.
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On 22 September 2015 at 19:49, Steve Mynott wrote:
> Anyone any recommendations for very cheap laptops (ideally netbook
> like form factor) with good linux support?
>
> I assume netbooks themselves are pretty dead (which is a pity since
> some had decent keyboards).
>
>
Vinux is going to be the best you get if you want something purely Ubuntu
based using Unity. Whatever derivative of Ubuntu that uses Gnome 3 may
also work as the Gnome Accessibility team is much larger & active than
anything we've ever been able to gather for Ubuntu. I attempted to get life
into
Depends on what formfactor you're after. There should be plenty of options if
you'll consider secondhand/refurbished.
The Thinkpad X series is good. My X220 is still chugging along. I have a
Samsung Chromebook that I bought to run Arm Linux on, but it was never
fantastic. When my Pi-Top
Many thanks for all the contributions to date. I have learnt a great deal
from these and my further researches.
When it comes to LUG I tried to involve myself years ago but sadly I live
too far away in Wiltshire to involve myself with that one which is largely
defunct now I think and the ones
On 22 September 2015 at 15:59, David Goldsbrough wrote:
> I am now in my early 60s and have vast IT experience including a former
> HP-UX systems administrator - quite some years ago now.
In that case, you should know your way around the Unix shell.
Perhaps the path to