For maximum compatibility, any 100% intel (graphics and networking) will be the best. My work laptop is a Lenovo, with a Ryzen processor and Radeon graphics. There are .... issues with it. Firmware, drivers sometimes makes it worse, then better. It goes back and forth a bit.
On Wed, Feb 4, 2026 at 4:53 PM Michael L <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello NLUG, > Got a former Windows user, 47 year old friend looking to get a laptop to > run Linux on, mainly for internet browsing, not gaming. I'll be glad to > get some of (southern) y'alls suggestions to advise him better. > > Leaning towards i7 (or AMD equivalent) with a minimum of 16GB RAM, but > I'll save my own input for last. > > Thank y'all > M > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CALdmzXZksOmy0rNxpC4Qgn%3D79ii-%3Dz%2BFu1xu9pndLd59d2yh2g%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CALdmzXZksOmy0rNxpC4Qgn%3D79ii-%3Dz%2BFu1xu9pndLd59d2yh2g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nlug-talk/CA%2B6_KC_y-qfK_VJ-7zqMqR-twMegknSP%3DYYW7xCsPyvjLp14yg%40mail.gmail.com.
