[TriLUG] Linux Laptop

[Steve Litt via TriLUG]

This works for me, it might work for you.

Costco has a pretty liberal return policy. Basically, if you don't like
your laptop, then you can return it within 90 days.

So I buy a laptop, back up the UEFI, back up the restore partition,
defrag and shrink the Windows partition, then install a dual-boot Linux
on a partition carved from the unused space.

The reason I dual boot is because Windows laptops require Windows for
any kind of tech support, so for the warranty period I play their silly
game. After the 2 year waranty period expires, I make it a pure Linux
box.

SteveT



On Mon, 29 Feb 2016 02:32:16 +0000
Aaron Cody Weaver via TriLUG <trilug at trilug.org> wrote:

> Great, thanks for letting me know. I can not do that with my current
> financial limit $600 is the most I could do. Thanks for the response
> GLWTS.
> 
> On Sun, Feb 28, 2016, 9:21 PM Mike Canada <mikec at trilug.org> wrote:
> 
> > I am using a Lenovo T450s and it runs Linux perfectly. I have not
> > found anything yet that did not 'just run' out of the box. It is
> > quite portable, has dual batteries and runs a long time on a charge.
> >
> >
> > 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.  
> >
> > --  
> Thanks,
> 
> Cody Weaver
> wrestcody at gmail.com