Can anyone suggest a nice laptop to run Linux?

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Post by AF » Fri, May 04, 2007, 8:16 AM UTC

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Re: Can anyone suggest a nice laptop to run Linux?

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Post by AF » Fri, May 04, 2007, 8:18 AM UTC

Hey guys...

I own an Apple and have been trying to get Ubuntu running on it. I got it to work but there's just a lot of small issues and it just doesn't feel solid.

What I'm looking for is a laptop which is somewhat attractive like Apple's stuff but will run Linux. I think Dell hardware is atrocious (and by this I mean it looks very ugly) so I'm looking for whatever else is out there. The Lenovos seem kind of nice. Does anyone have experience with them?

Thanks for any suggestions.

Re: Can anyone suggest a nice laptop to run Linux?

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Post by davidw » Fri, May 04, 2007, 8:20 AM UTC

Nice question. Since I'm going to be bootstrapping my own firm, I need to always keep an eye on saving money, and shelling out $$$ for an apple machine just isn't justifiable for me. And in any case, I've been using Linux for more than 10 years, so I don't want Mac OS X, and certainly don't want to pay extra for it.

Re: Can anyone suggest a nice laptop to run Linux?

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Post by sprice » Fri, May 04, 2007, 8:57 AM UTC

AF wrote: post #2

Hey guys... I own an Apple and have been trying to get Ubuntu running on it. I got it to work but there's just a lot of small issues and it just doesn't feel solid. What I'm looking for is a laptop which is somewhat attractive like Apple's stuff but will run Linux. I think Dell hardware is atrocious (and by this I mean it looks very ugly) so I'm looking for whatever else is out there. The Lenovos seem kind of nice. D…

While I don't have any personal experience with linux and laptops, I've read many reviews on the web regarding the ibm/lenovo line of Thinkpads as being about as rock solid as it gets.

Re: Can anyone suggest a nice laptop to run Linux?

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Post by febddif » Fri, May 04, 2007, 9:17 AM UTC

http://www.teenwag.com/poll?n=159

Re: Can anyone suggest a nice laptop to run Linux?

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Post by pkedrosky » Fri, May 04, 2007, 10:33 AM UTC

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Re: Can anyone suggest a nice laptop to run Linux?

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Post by orlick » Fri, May 04, 2007, 3:13 PM UTC

Lenovo Thinkpad

Re: Can anyone suggest a nice laptop to run Linux?

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Post by staunch » Fri, May 04, 2007, 3:24 PM UTC

I like 1920x1200 resolution so Apple won't work for me. Most Dell laptops work well with Linux. I always get an NVIDIA graphics card and use their driver.

Re: Can anyone suggest a nice laptop to run Linux?

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Post by sethg » Fri, May 04, 2007, 3:28 PM UTC

sprice wrote: post #4

AF wrote: post #2

Hey guys... I own an Apple and have been trying to get Ubuntu running on it. I got it to work but there's just a lot of small issues and it just doesn't feel solid. What I'm looking for is a laptop which is somewhat attractive like Apple's stuff but will run Linux. I think Dell hardware is atrocious (and by this I mean it looks very ugly) so I'm looking for whatever else is out there. The Lenovos seem kind of nice. D…

While I don't have any personal experience with linux and laptops, I've read many reviews on the web regarding the ibm/lenovo line of Thinkpads as being about as rock solid as it gets.

The sysadmins where I work (an almost-exclusively-Linux shop) swear by ThinkPads.

Re: Can anyone suggest a nice laptop to run Linux?

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Post by cwilbur » Fri, May 04, 2007, 3:30 PM UTC

davidw wrote: post #3

Nice question. Since I'm going to be bootstrapping my own firm, I need to always keep an eye on saving money, and shelling out $$$ for an apple machine just isn't justifiable for me. And in any case, I've been using Linux for more than 10 years, so I don't want Mac OS X, and certainly don't want to pay extra for it.

I run Fedora Core under Parallels, which is solid enough for a "does this work under Linux?" kind of test.

That said, if I had to buy a Linux laptop, I'd go for a Lenovo ThinkPad, but I'd make sure the one I bought had good driver support. Since the ThinkPads were introduced, I've only ever heard two things about running Linux on them -- "I can't find the @#$% driver for the @#$% @#$%," and "it runs beautifully."