[Gllug] Linux laptops

[Daniel P. Berrange]

On Mon, Dec 05, 2011 at 11:17:31PM +0000, Avi Greenbury wrote:
> John G Walker wrote:
> 
> > My years-old Thinkpad has died on me, so I need a new laptop. I only
> > use the laptop for word-processing, spreadsheets and web browsing, so
> > I don't need anything sophisticated.
> > 
> > What are the current suggestions for laptops running Linux?
> 
> I know of several Lenovo Thinkpads on which Debian, Ubuntu and/or
> Fedora have Just Worked. Not so sure about the only-free-firmware
> Debians.

NB, ThinkPads have many different hardware configurations possible,
for the same basic model name. The thinkpad wiki is generally the
best place to go to find out about Linux support / potential problems
with specific hardware configurations

  http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Hardware_Specifications

eg, my work laptop is a t500 currently for which works very nicely, 
but notice how many choices there are for things like wifi / video
configs

   http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Category:T500

Mine has an Intel 5100 wifi NIC which has long worked well with Linux

  http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Intel_Wifi_Link_5100_%28AGN%29

The other NIC choice for the t500 though is not so Linux friendly:

  http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/ThinkPad_11b/g/n_Wireless_LAN_Mini-PCI_Express_Adapter_II

In summary, the ThinkPad platform is broadly very friendly to Linux,
but make sure you check the precise hardware configuration on the
wiki before purchasing

Regards,
Daniel
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