On 11/9/21 7:17 AM, Tom Browder wrote:
My Zareason laptop (13-in screen, very lightweight and thin) is
running Debian 10 natively and wonderfully (with Win10 as a dual boot
option), but the company has gone out of business and I want to start
preparing a standby replacement.
I would appreciate any recommendations for that. I have looked at both
Emperor Linux and System 76 over the years. They always seem a bit
pricey, but I'm willing to bite the bullet now if I have to--I'm
getting too old to waste time on problem installations now.
Thanks,
-Tom
Just two comments of things to look out for:
1. If possible avoid Optimus based (dual graphics card) laptops. It
seems there is a lot of variability in how different companies implement
this, which may impact how well a Linux distribution works with the laptop.
2. I've had problems with recent laptops from Dell that have Windows
installed and use an Intel disk controller in RAID mode (even though
there is only one disk). These machines will boot the installer just
fine but the installer fails to detect the disk or controller making
installation impossible. This is likely to change over time but short
term could be an issue.
Cheers,
Bob
