Re: Laptop recommendation

2018-07-07 Thread Jimmy Johnson
On 07/06/2018 07:47 AM, Charlie Gibbs wrote: On 05/07/18 10:57 PM, Ben Oliver wrote: On 18-07-06 08:43:44, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Default answer to many folks these days⦂ https://puri.sm/ I think they are in the market for a used ThinkPad. Here's another vote for used ThinkPads.  I'm o

Re: Laptop recommendation

2018-07-06 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Fri, Jul 06, 2018 at 07:47:45AM -0700, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 05/07/18 10:57 PM, Ben Oliver wrote: > > > On 18-07-06 08:43:44, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > > > > > Default answer to many folks these days⦂ > > > https://puri.sm/ > > > > I think they are in the market for a used ThinkPad. > > He

Re: Laptop recommendation

2018-07-06 Thread Charlie Gibbs
On 05/07/18 10:57 PM, Ben Oliver wrote: On 18-07-06 08:43:44, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > Default answer to many folks these days⦂ https://puri.sm/ I think they are in the market for a used ThinkPad. Here's another vote for used ThinkPads. I'm on my second (a T410) and it works quite well.

Re: Laptop recommendation

2018-07-05 Thread Ben Oliver
On 18-07-06 08:43:44, Zenaan Harkness wrote: Default answer to many folks these days⦂ https://puri.sm/ I think they are in the market for a used ThinkPad. signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: Laptop recommendation

2018-07-05 Thread Doug
On 07/05/2018 06:43 PM, Zenaan Harkness wrote: On Mon, Sep 04, 2017 at 09:11:14AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: On Sun, Sep 03, 2017 at 12:39:18PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: On Sun, Sep 03, 2017 at 03:38:17PM +0200, Jonas Hedman wrote: Hello I hope that is not OT for this list. Basically I'm

Re: Laptop recommendation

2018-07-05 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Mon, Sep 04, 2017 at 09:11:14AM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote: > On Sun, Sep 03, 2017 at 12:39:18PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > > On Sun, Sep 03, 2017 at 03:38:17PM +0200, Jonas Hedman wrote: > > > Hello I hope that is not OT for this list. > > > > > > Basically I'm on the hunt for a newish lapto

Re: Laptop recommendation

2017-09-22 Thread Jonas Hedman
Hello again, I just wanted to collectively thank everyone for their excellent recommendations. I went for a refurbished x200 with libreboot from Vikings. It's a little bit on the heavy side for everyday carry but I think I'll get used to it soon. I've had it for a few days now and it works really

Re: Laptop recommendation

2017-09-17 Thread kamaraju kusumanchi
On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 9:38 AM, Jonas Hedman wrote: > Hello I hope that is not OT for this list. > > Basically I'm on the hunt for a newish laptop on which I naturally want > to run Debian. I'm a student and I spend most of my daily outandabout > computer time reading pdfs, writing LaTeX docs, sur

Re: Laptop recommendation

2017-09-05 Thread Eero Volotinen
Try buying levono with student discount 3.9.2017 4.46 ip. "Jonas Hedman" kirjoitti: > Hello I hope that is not OT for this list. > > Basically I'm on the hunt for a newish laptop on which I naturally want > to run Debian. I'm a student and I spend most of my daily outandabout > computer time rea

Re: Laptop recommendation

2017-09-05 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 05 Sep 2017 12:13:04 +0100 Dekks Herton wrote: > > Jonas Hedman writes: > > > Hello I hope that is not OT for this list. > > > > Basically I'm on the hunt for a newish laptop on which I > > naturally want > > to run Debian. I'm a student and I spend most of my daily ... > > I reall

Re: Laptop recommendation

2017-09-05 Thread Dekks Herton
Jonas Hedman writes: Hello I hope that is not OT for this list. Basically I'm on the hunt for a newish laptop on which I naturally want to run Debian. I'm a student and I spend most of my daily outandabout computer time reading pdfs, writing LaTeX docs, surfing and doing some light codin

Re: Laptop recommendation

2017-09-04 Thread Byung-Hee HWANG (황병희, 黃炳熙)
In Article <20170903133817.hppdseouwbc3kvjk@grond>, Jonas Hedman writes: > Hello I hope that is not OT for this list. > > Basically I'm on the hunt for a newish laptop on which I naturally want > to run Debian. I'm a student and I spend most of my daily outandabout > computer time reading pdfs,

Re: Laptop recommendation

2017-09-03 Thread Joe Pfeiffer
I'm very happy with a Dell Inspiron 13 7000 series I picked up at Best Buy a month or so ago. It appears to meet your requirements, and is also a convertible (I can fold the screen back over to put it in "tent" mode), has a touch-screen, supports an active pen, and has a backlit keyboard. The key

Re: Laptop recommendation

2017-09-03 Thread tv.deb...@googlemail.com
On 03/09/2017 19:08, Jonas Hedman wrote: Hello I hope that is not OT for this list. Basically I'm on the hunt for a newish laptop on which I naturally want to run Debian. I'm a student and I spend most of my daily outandabout computer time reading pdfs, writing LaTeX docs, surfing and doing some

Re: Laptop recommendation

2017-09-03 Thread Ben Finney
Mario Castelán Castro writes: > On 03/09/17 08:38, Jonas Hedman wrote: > > Basically I'm on the hunt for a newish laptop on which I naturally > > want to run Debian. [...] > > > > Any suggestions? > > Yes. Think Penguin sells computers > compatible with GNU/Linux

Re: Laptop recommendation

2017-09-03 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Sun, Sep 03, 2017 at 12:39:18PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote: > On Sun, Sep 03, 2017 at 03:38:17PM +0200, Jonas Hedman wrote: > > Hello I hope that is not OT for this list. > > > > Basically I'm on the hunt for a newish laptop on which I naturally want > > to run Debian. I'm a student and I spend mo

Re: Laptop recommendation

2017-09-03 Thread Sam Kuper
Jonas Hedman wrote: > I'm on the hunt for a newish laptop on which I naturally want > to run Debian. Minifree, Vikings, and Technoethical all offer Respects Your Freedom certified laptops: https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/endorsement/respects-your-freedom These should all run Debian perfectly, a

Re: Laptop recommendation

2017-09-03 Thread Mario Castelán Castro
On 03/09/17 08:38, Jonas Hedman wrote: > Basically I'm on the hunt for a newish laptop on which I naturally want > to run Debian. [...] > > Any suggestions? Yes. Think Penguin sells computers compatible with GNU/Linux that do not need proprietary drivers. They clai

Re: Laptop recommendation

2017-09-03 Thread Dan Ritter
On Sun, Sep 03, 2017 at 03:38:17PM +0200, Jonas Hedman wrote: > Hello I hope that is not OT for this list. > > Basically I'm on the hunt for a newish laptop on which I naturally want > to run Debian. I'm a student and I spend most of my daily outandabout > computer time reading pdfs, writing LaTe

Re: Laptop recommendation

2006-10-17 Thread Owen Heisler
On Tue, 2006-10-17 at 17:19 -0700, K7AAY [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 10/17/06, Owen Heisler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd like to get a laptop, but don't know where I should > look... > > It would be really great if it was fully supported by the > Linux