[Klug-general] buying a laptop without windows

[Dan Attwood]

you can use crouton to put linux on a chromebook and have access to both
chromeos and the a full linux install



On 15 July 2014 09:03, Chris Jeffries <chris at floatingworks.co.uk> wrote:

> Probably not strictly what you are looking for, but there are some
> refurbished chromebooks around about the £140 mark. The Samsung one with
> the smallish ssd, and the Acer version with the bigger drive. Not sure what
> the Linux possibilities are with chrome books are but might be worth a
> look. I think tesco and Argos eBay outlets are where they are selling them.
> On Jul 15, 2014 8:40 AM, "Nathan Friend" <nathan.friend at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > http://www.dell.com/uk/business/p/xps-13-linux/pd hefty price tag
> though.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 6:22 AM, Thomas Edward Groves <
> teg451013 at freeuk.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> It's certainly possible to disable UEFI on a Acer Aspire V5, Model ZHL
> >> because I bought one from Argos for 250£ and then got Marsh Computers
> >> to rip out the UEFI protection.
> >> (After W8 persuaded me that Microsoft still hates its customers.)
> >>
> >> It's currently running Slackware 14 adequately well.
> >>
> >> How they did the deed I do not know.
> >> Apparently the first hurdle was getting at the BIOS
> >> after which the appropriate setting was changed to Legacy.
> >> After that it was all down to fdisk and stuff.
> >>
> >> Tom
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: Jonathan Kaye
> >>> To: Kent Linux User Group - General Topics
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2014 5:22 AM
> >>> Subject: Re: [Klug-general] buying a laptop without windows
> >>>
> >>> Roger Gammans wrote il 14/07/14 19:24:
> >>>>
> >>>> There are a couple:-
> >>>>
> >>>> ( I've not used any yet - reports welcome )
> >>>>
> >>>> Pcspecialist.co.UK
> >>>
> >>> Pcspecialist is definitely out of my price range. I was hoping for
> something in the 200£ - 400£ range.
> >>>>
> >>>> Novatech.co.UK
> >>>
> >>> This is much more promising. The Novatech nPro N1574 looks like a
> winner.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> There may be others too, but those are the ones I've heard of. Which
> might bode well.
> >>>
> >>> To give you an idea of what I'm after, have a look at the price &
> specs of Dell's Inspiron 15 laptop.
> >>> http://www.dell.com/uk/p/inspiron-15-3531-laptop/pd?oc=cn53102
> >>> My only misgiving is how to  totally & completely remove Windows 8
> (no, I don't want to dual boot; I want a linux-only machine.)
> >>> Does anyone know how difficult it is to get around the UEFI problem?
> >>>
> >>> Thanks again for your help and brevity is the soul of wit as someone
> once said.
> >>> Cheers,
> >>> Jonathan
> >>>
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