[CALUG] Linux Friendly Laptops
Rajiv Gunja
opn.src.rocks at gmail.com
Thu Mar 2 05:09:06 CST 2006
I was always partial to these websites just before I bought my laptop. The
2nd website was a little pricy for me, but it is useful in comparing the
hardware to other brands. Hope this helps.
http://www.linux-laptop.net/
http://www.linuxcertified.com/linux_laptops.html
-GGR
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Rajiv G Gunja
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On 3/1/06, Worsley, Christopher <Christopher.Worsley at hp.com> wrote:
>
>
> HP machines are fairly Linux friendly, including laptops and tablets.
> The official list of supported machines & distributions is here:
> http://www.hp.com/wwsolutions/linux/certifications.html. You'll notice
> that the list appeals to corporate users (hence the prominance of RHEL &
> Novell).
>
> In practice, you'll find that even more than those models listed enjoy
> support and most distributions work great.
>
> For instance, the machine I'm using now is a recent hp nc6000 laptop
> which runs Fedora Core 4 and Ubuntu Breezy Badger. By default, Ubuntu
> uses hostap drivers so the built-in Atheros WiFi chipset was recognized
> right away.
>
>
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2006 11:58:25 -0500
> > From: Eric Gosnell <eric.gosnell at embedded-sys.com>
> > Subject: [CALUG] Linux Friendly Laptops
> > To: lug at calug.com
> > Message-ID: <20060301115825.x8tbi6431bwc084c at www.embedded-sys.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> >
> > I am saving up to buy a laptop. I want to use Linux as my primary OS.
> (I will dual boot so I can still have
> > Windows based games, Visual Studio, etc.) Are some laptop
> manufacturers better at providing Linux drivers for
> > their hardware?
> > What do you recommend? Second, are some distributions better for
> laptop support than others?
> >
> > (I am only slightly better than a novice at Linux administration. I
> am a developer and I use it frequently
> > at work. This is my attempt to force myself to become more adept at
> it.)
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Eric
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