On Tue, 2022-02-01 at 09:28 -0400, George N. White III wrote: > On Tue, 1 Feb 2022 at 08:17, Neal Becker <ndbeck...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I believe both lenovo and dell ship laptops with linux installed. > > > > > They do, but sometimes they use very new chips and drivers that > aren't yet available for other distros, so you may be stuck with the > vendor-supported distro until drivers become more widely available. > > I recommend looking for a model from a couple years ago -- long > enough for user reports of any issues to be findable by Google. > > At present, large organizations are replacing relatively new laptops > that won't run Windows 11 (e.g., some models of Dell Latitude 7480, > but see Setting up Linux in 7480 - Dell Community) so you might want > to check Dell's "refurbished" systems or eBay. One problem is that such > laptops are often sold with a variety of wifi cards, so you may > need to swap in a more linux-friendly component. Higher end > Dell and Lenovo are generally easier to service than some > consumer laptops, but you can often find online instructions for > SSD and wifi upgrades. > > > > > On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 6:37 PM Geoffrey Leach <ge...@hughes.net> wrote: > > > Hmmmm ... well how's about a company that designs *for* Linux? > > > Star Labs https://starlabs.systems/ is a UK company that sells direct. > > > I have their Starlite laptops and had absolutely no problem loading > > > Fedora 32, even though it's not one of their "guaranteed to run" distos. > > > > > > Oh, and if something should go wrong, its nice to know that you won't > > > get the, "Oh, we don't support Linux" response. > > > > > > On Mon, 31 Jan 2022 17:16:40 -0500 (EST) > > > j...@zeff.us wrote: > > > > > > > I'm still trying to get my current laptop running again, but I'm > > > > probably going to need to get a new one. If nothing else, this one > > > > doesn't really have enough memory and it's maxed out. > > > > > > > > Right now, I'm also trying to get Xubuntu loaded onto my sister's > > > > Acer Aspire 1, and having considerable difficulty getting it to boot > > > > from the USB. I'm not comfortable with her new laptop and would > > > > rather not get myself an Acer. If any of you have had good > > > > experiences recently with getting Fedora installed on a laptop, > > > > suggestions would be very welcome. > > > > _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- > > > > users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to > > > > users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: > > > > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List > > > > Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > > > List Archives: > > > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > > > > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: > > > > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure > > > _______________________________________________ > > > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > > > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > > > Fedora Code of Conduct: > > > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > > > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > > List Archives: > > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > > > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: > > > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure > > > > > > -- > > Those who don't understand recursion are doomed to repeat it > > _______________________________________________ > > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > > Fedora Code of Conduct: > > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > > List Archives: > > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: > > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure > > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
Interested to see the UK StarLabs site. I have been using Fedora 34 & 35 on a customised version from here https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/en Very pleased with it. John _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
