Ask HN: What are some good laptops for Linux right now? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What are some good laptops for Linux right now?

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Post by [deleted] » Sat, Apr 06, 2013, 9:43 AM UTC

vaidik wrote: post #9

secure wrote: post #4

Most computers with an Intel GPU are fine. The ThinkPad series is very popular and thus well-supported — note that I am only talking about the “original” series, i.e. ThinkPad X and T, e.g. the X230 or T430. Personally, I am running a ThinkPad X200 since 2008 with nearly no software problems.

Agree. ThinkPad series is really good for Linux.

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Re: Ask HN: What are some good laptops for Linux right now?

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Post by gioele » Sat, Apr 06, 2013, 9:46 AM UTC

How about a Samsung series 9?

Has anybody on HN tested one of those? Searching around the net shows that there were small hw issues but they have been fixed in latest kernels.

Re: Ask HN: What are some good laptops for Linux right now?

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Post by jitl » Sat, Apr 06, 2013, 9:56 AM UTC

It's interesting to consider a Chromebook with the Crouton chroot package. Crouton can get you a side-by-side system with ChromeOS for the specialized kernel and power management, and a plain-jane Debian or Ubuntu system at the same time. Worth a look.

Re: Ask HN: What are some good laptops for Linux right now?

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Post by adnanh » Sat, Apr 06, 2013, 9:57 AM UTC

secure wrote: post #4

Most computers with an Intel GPU are fine. The ThinkPad series is very popular and thus well-supported — note that I am only talking about the “original” series, i.e. ThinkPad X and T, e.g. the X230 or T430. Personally, I am running a ThinkPad X200 since 2008 with nearly no software problems.

My Edge 13 version with AMD had issues with fan control and overheating. Also, graphic card drivers were bad compared to Windows :/

Re: Ask HN: What are some good laptops for Linux right now?

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Post by desipenguin » Sat, Apr 06, 2013, 10:00 AM UTC

microwise wrote: post #3

Personally I've found that HP and Dell laptops have good support for Linux, almost all the PC's I have tested have run just fine without any major pains

I'm using HP Pavilion m6 running linux mint 14 for last 5-6 months. Very happy with the performance. I use it only for development and browsing etc i.e. no games. I've turned off the dedicated graphics card to get better battery life. I get about 6 hours on full charge. Not bad for 15.6 inch screen.

Re: Ask HN: What are some good laptops for Linux right now?

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Post by daGrevis » Sat, Apr 06, 2013, 10:10 AM UTC

Dell Inspiron 15R SE comes with pre-installed Ubuntu and works fine! :)

Re: Ask HN: What are some good laptops for Linux right now?

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Post by Samuel_Michon » Sat, Apr 06, 2013, 10:25 AM UTC

Most people I know who use Linux on a notebook have a MacBook Air or a 13" MacBook Pro. Same for the tech conferences I attend.

All Mac notebook models have Intel HD Graphics 4000, which performs well and has good support on Ubuntu. The other hardware in those notebooks plays nice with Ubuntu as well, like WiFi and sound – no hacks necessary.

http://www.maketecheasier.com/install-ubuntu-12-10-in-macboo...

http://www.apple.com/macbookair/

Re: Ask HN: What are some good laptops for Linux right now?

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Post by parbo » Sat, Apr 06, 2013, 10:26 AM UTC

Dell XPS 13

Re: Ask HN: What are some good laptops for Linux right now?

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Post by nixcraft » Sat, Apr 06, 2013, 10:26 AM UTC

I am using Debian 6.x on Dell M6500 since 2010. No software problem. I just updated ram to 32GB and installed Samsung 512GB ssd. Both Dell M6700 and M4700 are certified on RHEL 6.x and Ubuntu. Also check out:

* http://www.lenovo.com/linux * http://www.ubuntu.com/partners/dell * https://www.system76.com/ * http://emperorlinux.com/

HTH.

Re: Ask HN: What are some good laptops for Linux right now?

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Post by Derbasti » Sat, Apr 06, 2013, 10:26 AM UTC

Samuel_Michon wrote: post #17

Most people I know who use Linux on a notebook have a MacBook Air or a 13" MacBook Pro. Same for the tech conferences I attend. All Mac notebook models have Intel HD Graphics 4000, which performs well and has good support on Ubuntu. The other hardware in those notebooks plays nice with Ubuntu as well, like WiFi and sound – no hacks necessary. http://www.maketecheasier.com/install-ubuntu-12-10-in-macboo... http://www.…

Be aware that the multi-GPU models are not as great though, since BIOS emulation mode does not allow for graphics card switching and the bigger GPU uses a lot of battery.