[Nottingham] Looking for a new Linux laptop

[Graham Dicker]

A healthy battery is crucial because the machine is for use with an SLR camera 
far away from mains electricity. Hence why I am thinking 'new'. Wireless 
networking and a webcam is not important. As long as it has a working USB 2.0 
port to control the camera and it can run the same image processing software 
as on my desk machine, I'm happy.

Graham

On Monday 23 May 2016 14:59:05 Jason Irwin via Nottingham wrote:
> On 23/05/16 13:42, Graham Dicker via Nottingham wrote:
> > 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.
> 
> The usual advice is "Get a second-hand ThinkPad off eBay*". OpenSuSE
> should drop straight on, only issue is that the battery is most likely shot.
> Well, that and the whitelist for network cards (there's a hacked
> firmware for that issue though).
> 
> I've never installed on to UEFI myself, but surely that has to be a
> solved problem these days?
> SecureBoot is a different matter....
> 
> > Does anyone know about the sorts of issues I might run into please?
> 
> Networking (mostly wireless), battery life, touchpad, functions (e.g.
> screen brightness, keyboard back-light), webcam
> Not that any laptop will encounter *all* those problems.
> 
> You can try checking compatibility here: http://linux-laptop.net/
> Which laptop were you thinking of and for what purpose?
> 
> *Example
> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ThinkPad-T430s-256Gb-SSD-i5-3320-3-3Ghz-8Gb-backli
> t-keyboard-option-/191877162012