Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux on the cheap?

[J Fernyhough]

On 23 September 2015 at 14:23, Liam Proven  wrote:

> On 22 September 2015 at 20:49, Steve Mynott 
> wrote:
> > Any suggestions?
>
>
> http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/product_detail/15348/Lenovo-IBM-X201-Intel-i5-520M-2-4GHz-12-1-Laptop-4GB-160GB-Windows-7-Pro-No-WebCam/
>
>
In-stock A1 grade:
http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/product_detail/14830/Lenovo-IBM-X201-Intel-i5-520M-2-4GHz-12-1-Laptop-4GB-160GB-Windows-7-Pro/
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux on the cheap?

[Liam Proven]

On 22 September 2015 at 20:49, Steve Mynott  wrote:
> Anyone any recommendations for very cheap laptops (ideally netbook
> like form factor) with good linux support?
>
> I assume netbooks themselves are pretty dead (which is a pity since
> some had decent keyboards).
>
> Has anyone found anything similar?  I suppose a chromebook running the
> libfakeroot linux might be the closest although most of them have very
> restricted SSD space.
>
> Any suggestions?


http://www.morgancomputers.co.uk/product_detail/15348/Lenovo-IBM-X201-Intel-i5-520M-2-4GHz-12-1-Laptop-4GB-160GB-Windows-7-Pro-No-WebCam/

I use an X200, the previous model with a Core 2 Duo.

It is pretty bulletproof with Ubuntu. 13.10 ran fine but with slight
occasional screen glitches; 14.04 resolved this and I'm staying on it
until the next LTS.

Mine cost me £125, and then I sold my netbook for £100. I added a new
extended battery (£40) and increased RAM from 4GB to 8GB because I got
an offer for only £20. (The latter prices were in Czech Crowns, so are
a bit approximate.) All in, about £90. A real bargain and a lovely
little machine.

I even got the fingerprint reader working with minimal effort -- one
PPA, install, done. I rarely use it but it functions.

Lenovo machines are significantly better-built and tougher than the
competition, and I know from visiting Mark "SABDFL" Shuttleworth's old
flat in Kensington after the Ubuntu 5.04 launch party that much of
Ubuntu is developed on Thinkpads -- so driver support is good.

I run a desktop Mac (with 3rd party screens and mouse and a vintage
Apple keyboard from 1990, when Apple still made good keyboards) -- but
for notebooks I've been buying and recommending Thinkpads for years.
They've never let me down.


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux on the cheap?

[Andrés Muñiz Piniella]

Acer aspire one. Runs great on Lubuntu variant (trisquel mini) for the last 8 
years.

Saw them on ebay for less that £20. Normally battery dies but you can buy an 
6-8hr one for £20 to £40 on amazon.

Only the BIOS is non free
https://h-node.org/ is good for. Checking if it depends only on proprietary 
drivers.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux on the cheap?

[Liam Proven]

On 23 September 2015 at 15:39, Andrés Muñiz Piniella
 wrote:
> Acer aspire one. Runs great on Lubuntu variant (trisquel mini) for the last 8 
> years.


That's what I sold to buy my X200. :-)

Yes, the Thinkpad is much bigger, but it's very portable and also
usable as a general-purpose computer, whereas the AA1 was too small
and too slow -- it was just about usable for note-taking, at a push,
but it came to the point where I preferred to use my smartphone for
simple, idle, recreational use. My tiny Thinkpads (the X200 replaced
an old workhorse X31) have earned me thousands of pounds in paid work
and also provided lots of fun too.

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux on the cheap?

[alan c]

On 22/09/15 19:59, Alan Pope wrote:

On 22 September 2015 at 19:49, Steve Mynott  wrote:

Anyone any recommendations for very cheap laptops (ideally netbook
like form factor) with good linux support?



http://www.ebuyer.com/ubuntu

One of those perhaps.

Cheers,
Al.


When I looked at these, it seemed they used a slightly non standard 
Ubuntu, and probably would not boot from a standard live dvd, which I 
wanted, however, they were very attractive

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Linux on the cheap?

[Paul Sutton]

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On 23/09/15 16:29, alan c wrote:
> On 22/09/15 19:59, Alan Pope wrote:
>> On 22 September 2015 at 19:49, Steve Mynott
>>  wrote:
>>> Anyone any recommendations for very cheap laptops (ideally
>>> netbook like form factor) with good linux support?
>>> 
>> 
>> http://www.ebuyer.com/ubuntu
>> 
>> One of those perhaps.
>> 
>> Cheers, Al.
> 
> When I looked at these, it seemed they used a slightly non
> standard Ubuntu, and probably would not boot from a standard live
> dvd, which I wanted, however, they were very attractive -- alan
> cocks
> 
> 
> 

I bought a Ubuntu dell 10v a few years ago, it may have been direct
from Dell,  anyway replaced the Ubuntu with a standard one from a cd /
dvd and it worked fine.

I bought my current desktop from ebuyer (emacines) and again it had
linspire on it,  so replaced with ubuntu (or other linux can't
remember now) but it worked fine,  it is currently running Mint 17.2

When I next upgrade my hardware my main concern is more to do with the
secure boot stuff and if I can just boot a GNU / Linux disk and
install normally without too many problems.

Paul

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