Hey, i kinda did the same. I brought a computer (desktop) for 10$ and
installed trisquel gnu/linux on it. And for 4gb of ram and 1500gb hard drive,
It was a good bargain.
I just installed Slackware Current x32 (September 20 version) on a Lenovo
G50-80. I had to blacklist the ideapad_laptop module and make an alsa sound
control file and now I'm good to go. So I gues any linux can be trained to
work with your computer.
Yes, i too dislike the Windows Tax. But
"Yes, i too dislike the Windows Tax. But it is the burden we pay for getting
so much value for money"
if you want value for money don’t buy a computer new!
you can get the exact same thing way cheaper if you buy it second hand
i recently purchased a laptop for £25 including postage
Everybody here hates the so-called windows tax. I think the laptop can run
Trisquel, Maybe, Maybe not. Look up how to dual boot GNU/Linux on uefi
machines. See if that works. (Not endorsing windows by the way)
The problem with buying used hardware is that it doesn't spur companies to
take interest in fixing the problems we have. There isn't enough demand
because everybody is buying 'windows machines'. If you took all the GNU/Linux
users and directed them to one company the price of systems would
** That should have read the price of systems would fall and spur fixes to
the problems (ie lack of free drivers/firmware/fix digital locks/etc).
very much agreed!
It's worth noting that Lenovo is one of the many companies that try to
restrict what kinds of wireless cards you can install in their computers with
digital restriction mechanisms. That list also includes IBM, HP, Dell, and
Toshiba. Computers from Gluglug are the best choice and computers
I hope this is the correct forum, my first post - appreciate any corrections
if necessary.
I am considering a Lenovo G50-80, it comes with Windows 8.1 installed, and I
would like to run trisquel.
I have looked on h-node.org and haven't found any info so far.
Does anyone know of any
