Re: [linux] thoughts on linux on HP 14-fq1040ca?

2021-07-06 Thread Raj
I've never had good results with a realtek wifi card. You can generally get them going with a compiled driver (dkms) but it always seems fussy and prone to breakage, so I almost always swap them out for an intel. Usually it's an easy swap, and not expensive, but do check for that. Other issue

Re: [linux] Resend: July 2021 Meeting - 2021-07-08 @ 19:00

2021-07-06 Thread Ian E. Gorman
It's so nice to see that I am not the only one ... Thanks, Scott On Tue, 6 Jul 2021 at 00:59, Scott Murphy wrote: > Recycling emails is a problem… And don’t do it when you are tired, you > forget to change something. > > When: Thursday, July 8, 2021 > Time: 19:00 > Where: jitsi video

Re: [linux] thoughts on linux on HP 14-fq1040ca?

2021-07-06 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Tue, 6 Jul 2021, J C Nash wrote: > I looked at either this one or the Intel i7 version. There seems to > be a family of machines using mostly same "bits" and changing > processor and sizes of SSD. > > FWIW Canada Computers Kanata has 1 and Merivale claims 3 in stock. > > I liked speed, RAM and

Re: [linux] thoughts on linux on HP 14-fq1040ca?

2021-07-06 Thread J C Nash
I looked at either this one or the Intel i7 version. There seems to be a family of machines using mostly same "bits" and changing processor and sizes of SSD. FWIW Canada Computers Kanata has 1 and Merivale claims 3 in stock. I liked speed, RAM and 1TB "disk". When I went to look at the i5

[linux] thoughts on linux on HP 14-fq1040ca?

2021-07-06 Thread Robert P. J. Day
i'm in the market for upgrading my current linux laptop, and would like to go with something with AMD ryzen core, i have the opportunity to pick up one of these: https://store.hp.com/CanadaStore/Merch/Product.aspx?id=2L7Q8UA=ABL=NTB=en-CA can anyone weigh in on HP's support for linux? i