On Wed, 27 May 2015, deloptes wrote: > Patrick Bartek wrote: > > > > > Researching a laptop purchase (within the next 6 months or so) to > > replace my aging Desktop (1 to 8.5 years depending on which > > parts). Going to abandoned the Big Box forever. Need to be very > > portable in the next year or two. Two questions to begin: > > > > 1. Many laptops seem to only be able to turn off Secure Boot > > through the OS, Windows 8.x, or so I've researched. However, I've > > read some makes (Asus, Lenovo, Dell and HP) can do it directly > > through "BIOS" without needing to boot Windows? True? Any others? > > I recently replaced my old notebook Dell D520 for Dell E5440 ( 8GB > RAM Intel i5 cpu). > Everything is working great. Later models like E7*** use the > DisplayLink technology for docking station and do not work with Linux > at all. > > Secure Boot and all other options can be (de)activated/configured in > the BIOS GUI. > > > > > 2. How UEFI compatible is Debian Wheezy? What I'm running on the > > Desktop. Or is Jessie the better choice. Or something else > > entirely? Except Ubuntu variants (Hate it!). I don't want to run > > in Legacy mode for future compatibility. I won't be installing a > > desktop, just a window manager. Probably Openbox. > > I did not test UEFI, but should be supported and working. > > Other option I considered was HP ... I was looking for <1000€ > replacement/solution, but somehow I liked Dell over HP.
Thanks for the input. I've looked at some of the Dells, but also find the Thinkpad L450 a good candidate. It certainly is less expensive than similarly confgured Dells, and has gotten good reviews. Again, thanks. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150527224641.6a2fa...@debian7.boseck208.net