[TriLUG] Linux Laptop

Sun Feb 28 10:50:28 EST 2016

my suggestion for longterm usage:
1) get IPS model, you will not regret that
2) X220 or X230 should be handy :)

I have X220 amd T430..  T430 LCD is very bad!!.  X220 IPS is very nice!!!

even my old  cheap gateway 1st gen i5 has better LCD than T430.. go figures
:P

On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 6:11 AM, Mike Perry via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org>
wrote:

> 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.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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