[TriLUG] Linux Laptop

Sun Feb 28 06:11:38 EST 2016

I'm running a Lenovo T430 as well and have had great results. I would
definitely recommend it for the cost.

On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 11:59 AM, C TC via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> My Lenovo T430 14" has been a great Linux machine. With 16GB memory,
> and 2 SSD drives (via cheap CD tray SSD cradle). It's been around the
> globe and taken abuse over the last 3 years. The i5 isn't everyone's
> favorite, but I haven't had any issues at all.
>
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> On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Erik Nelson via TriLUG <
> trilug at trilug.org>
> wrote:
>
> > On 02/26/2016 11:09 AM, Ken MacKenzie via TriLUG wrote:
> >
> >> Actually, the hardware compatibility thing is why I started looking at
> >> chromebooks.  Knowing they were at their core linux and that I could use
> >> the crouton script allowed me I felt better price points into in theory
> >> ultralight books.  I don't want to say ultrabook as they really
> aren't.  I
> >> got my R11 yesterday and I have a convertible (think like the Lenovo
> Yoga)
> >> linux laptop that is about 2 lbs and can run for 9 hours on a charge.
> >> Touch screen working in crouton although I haven't figured out
> multitouch
> >> yet.  Not really tried yet either.  It will get there.
> >>
> >> Ken
> >>
> > I've gone through enough laptops in the past to know the pain points.
> > I avoid anything with broadcom wifi chips in them like the plague. The
> > reverse engineered b43 driver that's available in the kernel (last time I
> > tried using it, which was a while ago) did not connect to 5GHz networks
> > and had inconsistent performance. The proprietary drivers can be
> installed,
> > but they drop for me constantly, especially if I'm doing any kind of
> > video streaming and putting it under load. I've had good experiences with
> > Intel chips.
> >
> > To generalize, Lenovos laptops are usually a safe bet to start with.
> >
> > I've run into plenty of deal breaking hardware incompatibility issues in
> > the
> > past, so I'm ultra careful about researching machines if I intend to put
> > Linux on them. I even struggled with my System76 and Arch
> > because of its Skylake until 4.4 made it out of the testing repos.
> > Not entirely unsurprising given it's very new hardware, as someone
> > else pointed out.
> >
> > - Erik
> >
> >
> >> On Fri, Feb 26, 2016 at 11:05 AM, Scott Chilcote via TriLUG <
> >> trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 02/25/2016 04:35 PM, Aaron Cody Weaver via TriLUG wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> So I am trying to find a laptop that will be a good portable for linux
> >>>> sysadmin work.
> >>>>
> >>>> I don't want to pay crazy money for a linux laptop like system76.
> >>>>
> >>>> I just need a laptop that will handle normal sys admin stuff and will
> >>>>
> >>> have
> >>>
> >>>> everything work correctly not like ones that have bluetooth or webcams
> >>>>
> >>> that
> >>>
> >>>> don't work.
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks for the advise.
> >>>>
> >>> One point I'd like to mention regarding this thread overall is that it
> >>> isn't really that hard to find a compatible laptop.
> >>> The approach that I took the last time I bought one was to select the
> >>> features that I wanted, which included a decent amount of power and
> >>> expansion capabilities, and then narrow down the field based on
> >>> reviews.  Reviews can be misleading, but if you focus on quantifiable
> >>> information and discussion of specific issues, you can use them to
> >>> inform your decision.
> >>>
> >>> Once I had narrowed my choices far enough, I began looking specifically
> >>> for Linux device driver related problems.  I wound up with an ASUS
> >>> gaming laptop, and it turned out to be 100% supported (with the proper
> >>> UEFI adjustments).  My point is not that this particular laptop is
> >>> better than any other choice.  I'm just saying that there are a lot of
> >>> good possibilities.  You can get a long way just by looking at laptops
> >>> in general, and then drilling down to see if there are any specific
> >>> Linux issues.
> >>>
> >>> The one place this will not help is if the laptop you find is a brand
> >>> new product, particularly if it has new hardware devices.  Those are
> >>> pretty easy to identify and avoid though.
> >>>
> >>> Just FYI,
> >>>
> >>>     Scott C.
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> Scott Chilcote
> >>> scottchilcote at ncrrbiz.com
> >>> Cary, NC USA
> >>>
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