[olug] Linux Laptop

[Dan Linder]

I've never purchased a System76 system, but I've heard second-hand comments
on the good quality of their post-sale service.

If you're looking to buy local, burn a Live CD/DVD of the distro you plan to
use, then go to the store and ask a sales associate if they have any
objection to letting you test boot the system.

On new hardware, major things such as video, NIC, and WiFi will pretty much
be supported out of the box.  My 1 year old HP HDX18 had a new sound card in
it that wasn't supported by Linux until late last fall, a TV tuner that is
supported, and the integrated fingerprint reader isn't supported at all.

Dan

On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 07:41, Jordan Fox <vmifox at gmail.com> wrote:

> System76 is a small computer company in Denver that puts together
> their servers/desktops/laptops/netbooks specifically with linux
> (Ubuntu) in mind.  They come preinstalled with Ubuntu.  Their stuff
> might cost a little more than Dell, but not too much.  Plus it's
> helping out the small linux companies.  If you buy from them, you know
> it'll work great with Ubuntu - probably any linux for that matter.
>
> http://www.system76.com/index.php?gclid=CPnB2LjgkKMCFcRM5Qod1Q7rpg
>
> Jordan
>
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Jason Zeisler <superztnt at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Yeah. I saw those on their website.
> >
> >
> http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/linux_3x?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs
> >
> > <
> http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/linux_3x?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs
> >I
> > wanted to see what else was out there. Especially what have you guys
> > experienced with linux on laptops.
> >
> >
> > Jason Z.
> >
> > ________________________________________________
> >
> > What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
> > John Lubbock
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 11:05 PM, T. J. Brumfield <enderandrew at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> Dell used to sell laptops with Ubuntu pre-installed on the website, but
> >> apparently just took those laptops off their website.
> >>
> >> However, if you call Dell, they will still sell you one over the phone.
> >>
> >> -- T. J.
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:26 PM, Jason Zeisler <superztnt at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>
> >> > Guys,
> >> > What suggestion are there from the group about purchasing a new laptop
> to
> >> > run linux? I will most likely be running Ubuntu since that is my
> desktop
> >> OS
> >> > and I like it. One of the biggest problems that I have run into is
> trying
> >> > to
> >> > get my wireless to work with linux. I had a Dell Inspirion that I
> >> installed
> >> > an Intel 5100 wireless card in to get my wireless to work with linux.
> I'm
> >> > not looking for the group to tell me what would be a good laptop for
> me
> >> and
> >> > what I will do with it, but I just want some suggestions for good
> linux
> >> > laptops in general. Any advice would be appreciated.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Jason Z.
> >> >
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