On 22 September 2015 at 20:49, Steve Mynott <steve.myn...@gmail.com> 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. -- Liam Proven • Profile: http://lproven.livejournal.com/profile Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • GMail/G+/Twitter/Flickr/Facebook: lproven MSN: lpro...@hotmail.com • Skype/AIM/Yahoo/LinkedIn: liamproven Cell/Mobiles: +44 7939-087884 (UK) • +420 702 829 053 (ČR) -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
