[Nottingham] Looking for a new Linux laptop

[Martin]

On 23/05/16 13:42, Graham Dicker via Nottingham wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I just had a look online at some cheap laptops at Currys. There are several at 
> about £150 but would I be able to install OpenSuSE on them? I don't know how 
> easy it would be to persuade the UEFI to install and boot Linux . Does anyone 
> know about the sorts of issues I might run into please? I am a long-time Linux 
> user on a desk machine but I never tried putting it on a laptop before.

Strangely enough, I too am looking for a new laptop but something that
is 'lightweight' to replace my antique 1st generation Acer Aspire
netbook due to near dead batteries that are too expensive to replace...


As for UEFI:

That needs a check for whatever model you are looking at that (a) you
can get into the UEFI and (b) that you can disable the (Microsoft
specific) 'Secure-boot'.


Which comes to my question for the list for my netbook replacement:

What is the present game for subverting a 'Google(ed) Chrome-book' to
full Linux freedom?


Cheers,
Martin

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