Hi, a quick way to see if the laptop you're considering is Ubuntu Friendly is to look at https://friendly.ubuntu.com/
Regards, Phill. On 13 October 2012 18:51, Anton Kanishchev <[email protected]> wrote: > My bad, I thought they were in the uk :( . I think they do ship to UK but > the tax you would pay to get it over here (20 odd %) will negate any > savings. Taking into account the importance of hardware support it may be a > good idea to bring in a usb stick (with persistency) with all your common > applications (not data) into a store and ask whether you can test drive the > os (ubuntu 12.04 for example). that way you can check whether the laptop > will work for you when(if) you do buy it. I heard that dell were going to > release a laptop with ubuntu preinstalled. > Is it a nessesity for you that you have a laptop and not a desktop. The > reason I am asking is that you can configure a desktop (even if you dont > build it yourself) to have all componnets be 100% compatible. There is a > list of compatible components on the ubuntu website. > > From my experience with linux the biggest problems in terms of > getting things to work are the graphics drivers and sound,sometimes > external monitors(related to graphics drivers in the first place). What > sort of specifications would you need/be looking for in a laptop(cpu > power,ram etc)? I think certain mobile chipsets are better supported than > others and full out of the box support is very dependant on the > gpu(drivers). > > Summary- I would go into a store and try out your favourite distro(with > just basic install but all latest updates) and see what happens-worst thing > is they wont let you do it, at least you would be able to test the laptop > before you commit yourself to buying one and spending hours(weeks?) sorting > all the (not so) little nags. > > Hope this helped somehow. > > On 13 October 2012 18:28, Gordon Burgess-Parker <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On 13/10/12 18:21, Anton Kanishchev wrote: >> >> As far as I am aware there is also system76 that sell laptops with Linux >> pre installed. I think it only does ubuntu but not sure myself. >> >> >> Unfortunately they're in America! >> >> >> >> Bearing in mind that laptops with Linux pre installed are not >> significantly cheaper than their windows counterparts. You would have more >> choice if you include windows laptops in your search. You can always wipe >> it if you don't want windows on your laptop. >> >> >> Yes - that's what I did with my current laptop, but only because the >> later versions of Ubuntu (beginning with 10.04 and now with 12.04) >> supported the hardware - previous versions did not. (Well not all of it). >> That's my concern - that if I buy an up to the minute laptop with Windows >> installed, and then find that 12.04 doesn't work properly, I'm in for a >> (possible) lot of hassle - hence the desire to get one with Ubuntu >> pre-installed. >> >> >> -- >> >> Registered Linux User no 240308 >> GBP's alternative computing: http://gbplinuxfoss.blogspot.com/ >> Say No to OOXML http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/9594#mpart8 >> I only accept odf or pdf documents by email >> >> >> -- >> [email protected] >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ >> >> > > -- > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > > -- > <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/>https://wiki.ubuntu.com/phillw > >
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