Re: Request for Snapdragon X Plus Support and Development for ASUS Q5507QA-S15 Laptop

2025-05-06 Thread Stefan Monnier
Reza Bojnordi [2025-05-06 09:53:54] wrote: > I hope this message finds you well. I am reaching out to inquire about the > possibility of enhanced support and development for the Snapdragon X Plus > processor, specifically for my laptop model, the ASUS Q5507QA-S15. There's arch/

Re: Request for Snapdragon X Plus Support and Development for ASUSQ5507QA-S15 Laptop

2025-05-06 Thread debian-user
y of enhanced support and development for the > >> Snapdragon X Plus processor, specifically for my laptop model, the > >> ASUS Q5507QA-S15. > > [...] > > > > Hi, Reza > > > > I guess you will find a more focused group for your interest in the > &

Re: Request for Snapdragon X Plus Support and Development for ASUSQ5507QA-S15 Laptop

2025-05-06 Thread gene heskett
my laptop model, the ASUS Q5507QA-S15. [...] Hi, Reza I guess you will find a more focused group for your interest in the debian-arm mailing list: https://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/ Cheers In addition to Tomas's suggestion, I just checked the armbian list of supported SBC&

Re: Request for Snapdragon X Plus Support and Development for ASUS Q5507QA-S15 Laptop

2025-05-06 Thread tomas
On Tue, May 06, 2025 at 09:53:54AM +0330, Reza Bojnordi wrote: > Dear Debian > > I hope this message finds you well. I am reaching out to inquire about the > possibility of enhanced support and development for the Snapdragon X Plus > processor, specifically for my laptop model, t

Request for Snapdragon X Plus Support and Development for ASUS Q5507QA-S15 Laptop

2025-05-05 Thread Reza Bojnordi
Dear Debian I hope this message finds you well. I am reaching out to inquire about the possibility of enhanced support and development for the Snapdragon X Plus processor, specifically for my laptop model, the ASUS Q5507QA-S15. As a user of this device, I believe that expanding the support for

Re: laptop options

2025-04-17 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 2:14 PM Lists wrote: > On 2025-03-23 08:37, lina wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > Which laptop option is friendly with Debian, > > The purpose is related to work, not game. > > > > Mainly for computation, R and some bioinformatic analys

Re: laptop options

2025-04-05 Thread Russell S.
>> Which laptop option is friendly with Debian, >> The purpose is related to work, not game. > >System76 has usually good and nice offers: > > https://system76.com/laptops I can personally vouch for System76. I bought a Darter Pro (darp5) about 6 years ago and it's

Re: laptop options

2025-04-05 Thread Lists
On 2025-03-23 08:37, lina wrote: Dear all, Which laptop option is friendly with Debian, The purpose is related to work, not game. Mainly for computation, R and some bioinformatic analysis, Ideally at least > 16 cores, decent memory. Thanks, About half a year ago I bought a Lenovo Think

Re: laptop options

2025-04-04 Thread Roy J. Tellason, Sr.
On Sunday 23 March 2025 09:02:26 am Charles Curley wrote: > On Sun, 23 Mar 2025 08:37:58 +0100 > lina wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > Which laptop option is friendly with Debian, > > The purpose is related to work, not game. > > > > Mainly for c

Re: laptop options

2025-03-27 Thread Loris Bennett
Max Nikulin writes: > On 24/03/2025 15:23, Ralph Aichinger wrote: >> Product Name: HP ZBook Fury 16 G10 Mobile Workstation PC > [...] >> Support is so good, that when I go into "Software" in the Gnome >> applications menu, It will show me if a new firmware for the Thunderbolt >> dock is avai

Re: laptop options

2025-03-25 Thread Max Nikulin
On 24/03/2025 15:23, Ralph Aichinger wrote: Product Name: HP ZBook Fury 16 G10 Mobile Workstation PC [...] Support is so good, that when I go into "Software" in the Gnome applications menu, It will show me if a new firmware for the Thunderbolt dock is available, and suggest to install i

Re: laptop options

2025-03-24 Thread Roy J. Tellason, Sr.
On Sunday 23 March 2025 05:44:57 pm Russell S. wrote: > Charles Curley writes: > > > On Sun, 23 Mar 2025 08:37:58 +0100 > > lina wrote: > > > >> Dear all, > >> > >> Which laptop option is friendly with Debian, > >> The purpose is rel

Re: laptop options

2025-03-24 Thread Charles Curley
On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 09:23:00 +0100 Ralph Aichinger wrote: > It is strange having this machine > boot Debian with the Windows Logo hardcoded in UEFI on boot ;) Well, there, at least, the ThinkPenguin laptop clearly out-performs. It has the ThinkPenguin logo on the outside of the lid and

Re: Laptop trackpoint (pointing stick) detected as "PS/2 Generic Mouse". Bug?

2025-03-24 Thread Jaime
On Mon, 24 Mar 2025 at 10:36, Marco Moock wrote: > You can change the speed, either in the gui or with xinput. > xinput gives you the list, xinput list-props ID gives the values. > You can then increase the speed. Hi Marco. Thank you for your reply. Yes, I have changed the speed to maximum using

Laptop trackpoint (pointing stick) detected as "PS/2 Generic Mouse". Bug?

2025-03-24 Thread Jaime
I have installed Bookworm on an HP EliteBook 850 G1 and the trackpoint is unusably slow. The first thing that I notice is that the kernel is detecting the trackpoint as a "PS/2 Generic Mouse": [62635.123626] input: PS/2 Generic Mouse as /devices/platform/i8042/serio2/input/input59 I have tried a

Re: laptop options

2025-03-24 Thread Ralph Aichinger
On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 08:37:58AM +0100, lina wrote: > Which laptop option is friendly with Debian, > The purpose is related to work, not game. > > Mainly for computation, R and some bioinformatic analysis, > > Ideally at least > 16 cores, decent memory. At work we use bo

Re: laptop options

2025-03-23 Thread Russell S.
Charles Curley writes: > On Sun, 23 Mar 2025 08:37:58 +0100 > lina wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> Which laptop option is friendly with Debian, >> The purpose is related to work, not game. >> >> Mainly for computation, R and some bioinformatic analysi

Re: laptop options

2025-03-23 Thread Mike Kupfer
wrote: > System76 has usually good and nice offers: > > https://system76.com/laptops FWIW, I bought a System76 desktop (tower) system a couple months ago. Ubuntu and Pop_OS (System76's Ubuntu derivative) are supported. I installed Debian stable on it, and it seems to work fine, except for th

Re: laptop options

2025-03-23 Thread Charles Curley
On Sun, 23 Mar 2025 08:37:58 +0100 lina wrote: > Dear all, > > Which laptop option is friendly with Debian, > The purpose is related to work, not game. > > Mainly for computation, R and some bioinformatic analysis, > > Ideally at least > 16 cores, decent memory. &g

Re: laptop options

2025-03-23 Thread Timothy M Butterworth
On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 4:05 AM wrote: > On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 08:37:58AM +0100, lina wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > Which laptop option is friendly with Debian, > > The purpose is related to work, not game. > > > > Mainly for computation, R and some bio

Re: laptop options

2025-03-23 Thread tomas
On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 08:37:58AM +0100, lina wrote: > Dear all, > > Which laptop option is friendly with Debian, > The purpose is related to work, not game. > > Mainly for computation, R and some bioinformatic analysis, > > Ideally at least > 16 cores, decent me

laptop options

2025-03-23 Thread lina
Dear all, Which laptop option is friendly with Debian, The purpose is related to work, not game. Mainly for computation, R and some bioinformatic analysis, Ideally at least > 16 cores, decent memory. Thanks,

Re: laptop for debian 12

2025-01-04 Thread Stefan Monnier
> M.2 SSD Drive: 250GB NVME SSD One more thing to consider: if you look at the current price of SSDs, you'll see that price per GB is significantly higher for drives <500GB. The better "bang for buck" is between 500GB and 2TB nowadays. [ This said, personally, I can't find much use for sizes

Re: laptop for debian 12

2025-01-02 Thread Roy J. Tellason, Sr.
On Wednesday 01 January 2025 09:35:53 pm hen...@privatembox.com wrote: > On 02.01.2025 03:07, Charles Curley wrote: > > On Thu, 02 Jan 2025 00:36:15 +0100 > > hen...@privatembox.com wrote: > > > >> I am considering to buy a new laptop for debian 12 installed. >

Re: laptop for debian 12

2025-01-02 Thread Roy J. Tellason, Sr.
On Wednesday 01 January 2025 09:07:40 pm Charles Curley wrote: > On Thu, 02 Jan 2025 00:36:15 +0100 > hen...@privatembox.com wrote: > > > I am considering to buy a new laptop for debian 12 installed. > > Can you suggest one for that purpose? > > Happy new year all

Re: laptop for debian 12

2025-01-02 Thread Nate Bargmann
* On 2025 02 Jan 00:29 -0600, john doe wrote: > On 1/2/25 00:36, hen...@privatembox.com wrote: > > I am considering to buy a new laptop for debian 12 installed. > > Can you suggest one for that purpose? > > > > No can do, why are you asking this question? > > Le

Re: laptop for debian 12

2025-01-01 Thread john doe
On 1/2/25 00:36, hen...@privatembox.com wrote: I am considering to buy a new laptop for debian 12 installed. Can you suggest one for that purpose? No can do, why are you asking this question? Lenovo laptops are not that bad and you can without to much issues repare them yourself. Note that

Re: laptop for debian 12

2025-01-01 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 02 Jan 2025 03:35:53 +0100 hen...@privatembox.com wrote: > > > > https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-t4-gnulinux-laptop > > That looks interesting. > do you think the standard configure are right for now days? > > Memory: 8GB I may have g

Re: laptop for debian 12

2025-01-01 Thread Rick Thomas
On Wed, Jan 1, 2025, at 7:21 PM, Stefan Monnier wrote: >> Memory: 8GB > > I live quite happily with 8GB of RAM in several of my machines, but > that's for machines which I've owned for more than 10 years already, so > I think it's OK for a new machine only if you can later bump it to 16GB, > ot

Re: laptop for debian 12

2025-01-01 Thread henrik
On 02.01.2025 03:07, Charles Curley wrote: On Thu, 02 Jan 2025 00:36:15 +0100 hen...@privatembox.com wrote: I am considering to buy a new laptop for debian 12 installed. Can you suggest one for that purpose? Happy new year all debian members. https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-t4

Re: laptop for debian 12

2025-01-01 Thread Stefan Monnier
> Memory: 8GB I live quite happily with 8GB of RAM in several of my machines, but that's for machines which I've owned for more than 10 years already, so I think it's OK for a new machine only if you can later bump it to 16GB, otherwise the machine will probably be painful to use in 5-10 years

Re: laptop for debian 12

2025-01-01 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, 02 Jan 2025 00:36:15 +0100 hen...@privatembox.com wrote: > I am considering to buy a new laptop for debian 12 installed. > Can you suggest one for that purpose? > Happy new year all debian members. https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/penguin-t4-gnulinux-laptop -- Does any

Re: laptop for debian 12

2025-01-01 Thread Eike Lantzsch ZP5CGE / KY4PZ
On Wednesday, 1 January 2025 20:36:15 GMT-3 hen...@privatembox.com wrote: > I am considering to buy a new laptop for debian 12 installed. > Can you suggest one for that purpose? > Happy new year all debian members. > > Thanks. Hi Henrik, depends where you are located. I have excel

Re: laptop for debian 12

2025-01-01 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Wed, Jan 1, 2025 at 6:36 PM wrote: > > I am considering to buy a new laptop for debian 12 installed. > Can you suggest one for that purpose? Can you state the problem you are having selecting a laptop among the near endless choices? > Happy new year all debian members. Jeff

laptop for debian 12

2025-01-01 Thread henrik
I am considering to buy a new laptop for debian 12 installed. Can you suggest one for that purpose? Happy new year all debian members. Thanks.

Re: double-boot laptop with Debian Trixie

2024-12-29 Thread David Christensen
y to see it on my laptop - fresh and running :-) But anyway... do you have an idea how to recover access to Windows system? Turning Secure Boot ON/OFF nothing changes. Still in UEFI boot mode of course. On 12/29/24 09:47, Rafał Lichwała wrote: > I had to switch back in SATA settings fro

Re: double-boot laptop with Debian Trixie

2024-12-29 Thread Rafał Lichwała
On 29.12.2024 15:02, Andrii Kalashnykov wrote: Try switching the SATA Operation mode back to what it was before you switched it to AHCI mode, boot into Windows and do either [1] or [2]. Then switch the SATA Operation mode back to AHCI. [1] https://support.thinkcritical.com/kb/articles/switch-wi

Re: double-boot laptop with Debian Trixie

2024-12-29 Thread Andrii Kalashnykov
ie and Windows 11 entries, BUT... > > When I try to boot Windows 11 - after a while (Windows spinner at the > bottom) I have Blue Screen Of Death unfortunately. > > Trixie boots normally, so I'm happy to see it on my laptop - fresh > and running :-) > > But anyway...

Re: double-boot laptop with Debian Trixie

2024-12-29 Thread George at Clug
e got a similar config: UEFI boot with GRUB with both entries: > Trixie and Windows, but Windows cannot boot (BSOD). Do you have any > ideas how to proceed and recover Windows system? Sorry, I am not familiar with the Dell laptop. With an ASUS desktop in which I have four SSDs and use UEFI

Re: double-boot laptop with Debian Trixie

2024-12-29 Thread Rafał Lichwała
Thank you Joe! I had to switch back in SATA settings from "AHCI" to "Raid ON" again to restore Windows boot. Regards, Rafal On 29.12.2024 15:39, Joe wrote: It can be recovered, it may take a little work. First, does the laptop have a UEFI menu available on a hotkey dur

Re: double-boot laptop with Debian Trixie

2024-12-29 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 8:05 PM Rafał Lichwała wrote: > > I plan to switch completely from Windows 11 to Debian on my laptop, but > as a first step I'd like to configure double-boot setup to give it a > try, look around and check if all hardware works fine under De

Re: double-boot laptop with Debian Trixie

2024-12-29 Thread Joe
e a little work. First, does the laptop have a UEFI menu available on a hotkey during startup? You may need to do a bit of Net searching to find it. If so, there will be a Windows entry, try it. The UEFI firmware, what we used to call the BIOS, may have options for enabling and disabling drives

Re: double-boot laptop with Debian Trixie

2024-12-29 Thread Rafał Lichwała
On 29.12.2024 07:21, George at Clug wrote: 4) If you want to dual boot, then I do not see issues using Debian Bookworm to do this. I would boot into Debian (i.e. Grub), from where I select either Windows or Debian. If my primary use is Windows, then I edit grub to boot to Windows first. I hav

Re: double-boot laptop with Debian Trixie

2024-12-29 Thread Rafał Lichwała
On 29.12.2024 06:02, David Wright wrote: It doesn't need to. Switch to UEFI mode, and the ESP will boot into Windows. As you can see in my previous reply in this thread - now I've got both Trixie and Windows in GRUB, but Windows does not boot (BSOD). Do you know what to try to recover? Re

Re: double-boot laptop with Debian Trixie

2024-12-29 Thread Rafał Lichwała
ebian testing. I think as soon as Trixie become a new stable (in the next 6 months or so) I will stay with stable. I've got a few machines to play - all with Debian. My older Dell laptop already has Debian bookworm and works fine. Another machine - very old desktop - has two separate SSD disk

Re: double-boot laptop with Debian Trixie

2024-12-29 Thread Rafał Lichwała
d GRUB also found my Windows boot, so... now I have GRUB with Trixie and Windows 11 entries, BUT... When I try to boot Windows 11 - after a while (Windows spinner at the bottom) I have Blue Screen Of Death unfortunately. Trixie boots normally, so I'm happy to see it on my laptop - f

Re: double-boot laptop with Debian Trixie

2024-12-28 Thread George at Clug
On Sunday, 29-12-2024 at 11:20 Rafał Lichwała wrote: > Hi, > > I plan to switch completely from Windows 11 to Debian on my laptop, but > as a first step I'd like to configure double-boot setup to give it a > try, look around and check if all hardware works fine under

Re: double-boot laptop with Debian Trixie

2024-12-28 Thread David Wright
On Sun 29 Dec 2024 at 01:20:17 (+0100), Rafał Lichwała wrote: > > I plan to switch completely from Windows 11 to Debian on my laptop, > but as a first step I'd like to configure double-boot setup to give it > a try, look around and check if all hardware works fine under Debian. &

Re: double-boot laptop with Debian Trixie

2024-12-28 Thread David Christensen
On 12/28/24 16:20, Rafał Lichwała wrote: Hi, I plan to switch completely from Windows 11 to Debian on my laptop, Make? Dell, below. It is better to state this information at the top of your message. Model? but as a first step I'd like to configure double-boot setup to give

Re: double-boot laptop with Debian Trixie

2024-12-28 Thread Charles Curley
On Sun, 29 Dec 2024 01:20:17 +0100 Rafał Lichwała wrote: > Hi, > > I plan to switch completely from Windows 11 to Debian on my laptop, > but as a first step I'd like to configure double-boot setup to give > it a try, look around and check if all hardware works fine under &g

double-boot laptop with Debian Trixie

2024-12-28 Thread Rafał Lichwała
Hi, I plan to switch completely from Windows 11 to Debian on my laptop, but as a first step I'd like to configure double-boot setup to give it a try, look around and check if all hardware works fine under Debian. Current state: Dell laptop (one NVMe disk only) with Windows 11 on

Re: ACPI Error During Boot - Dell Laptop

2024-12-05 Thread songbird
Marcelo Laia wrote: ... > If any additional information or logs are needed, please let me know. Thank > you for your assistance! do you have the microcode packages installed for your architecture? songbird

Re: ACPI Error During Boot - Dell Laptop

2024-12-04 Thread Darac Marjal
On 04/12/2024 12:43, Marcelo Laia wrote: Hello Debian Users, I’m encountering an issue with my wife’s Dell laptop running Debian. During boot, the process halts with the following error message displayed: [   96.594541] ACPI Error: No pointer back to namespace node in package

Re: Re: ACPI Error During Boot - Dell Laptop

2024-12-04 Thread Marcelo Laia
> Debian testing up to date > Dell Inspiron 5570 Bios up to date (...) Update the BIOS or UEFI. That should be your first step with any ACPI The first step was to update the BIOS and UEFI. -- Marcelo

Re: ACPI Error During Boot - Dell Laptop

2024-12-04 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 11:37 AM Marcelo Laia wrote: > > Hello Debian Users, > > I’m encountering an issue with my wife’s Dell laptop running Debian. During > boot, the process halts with the following error message displayed: > > [ 96.594541] ACPI Error: No pointer back

ACPI Error During Boot - Dell Laptop

2024-12-04 Thread Marcelo Laia
Hello Debian Users, I’m encountering an issue with my wife’s Dell laptop running Debian. During boot, the process halts with the following error message displayed: [ 96.594541] ACPI Error: No pointer back to namespace node in package 066678e2 (20240322/dsargs-301) [ 96.595170

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-25 Thread gene heskett
ce you could accomplish any complex work. Hmm, overpriced, you say. Do you mean, "overpriced" even when the the tellings are true (CPU, RAM-size, hardrive-size and so on)? If I was in the market for a new "work horse" laptop, I'd search for one with at least 14&q

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-25 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
furbished and rejected ones. Overall, for me it is too much money to gamble. For 450USD there are usually much better options, even if they are off-brand (like Huawei, Maibenben, etc), but with warranty, if they are bought from local shops/sites. If I was in the market for a new "wor

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-24 Thread Stefan Monnier
> I am frustrated that I cannot perceive any performance improvements in > CPUs since the 4th Gen i7s. This is likely due to the software I use > does not gain any perceptible improvement from running on > a faster CPU? Not really, it's simply that, since the end of [Dennard scaling](https://en.wi

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-24 Thread George at Clug
On Monday, 25-11-2024 at 03:39 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > a CPU that is less than the performance of an i5. > > Side note: such a description is not very useful because a 10 year old > i7 can be significantly less powerful than a recent i3. While ymmv is valid, I favour i7 CPUs (and Ryzen 7) ov

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-24 Thread George at Clug
On Monday, 25-11-2024 at 04:29 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > Thanks to all who replied. With only 4 GB, I'm not interested in that > laptop, > but I was maybe most concerned about S-mode (in Windows). Me too. There are many Windows programs I like to install that I do not wa

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-24 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Sun, Nov 24, 2024 at 12:52 PM wrote: > > Ahh, ok, thanks -- that's pretty clear that there is no memory slot, and, even > though I wouldn't use the laptop for much -- to demo some software "on the > road", 4 MB is very limiting. The SSD might be soldered on

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-24 Thread rhkramer
You're mostly right, I'm not terribly sorry, but I don't use it on every email or post I make -- on debian-user typically only the first post in a thread I might start or possibly in the first comment I make to a thread. I've fixed the sig separator. But let me ask you, do you complain to those

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-24 Thread Tom Furie
On Sun, Nov 24, 2024 at 12:34:17PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > But let me ask you, do you complain to those that quote all or most of the > previous posts in a thread when they have no relevant comment about most of > what they've quoted? Now and then, yes. Though it often doesn't have m

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-24 Thread rhkramer
Thanks to all who replied. With only 4 GB, I'm not interested in that laptop, but I was maybe most concerned about S-mode (in Windows). I assume that would not keep me from installing Linux, I mean, presumably I can still get into the BIOS (or the newer (to me) style of BIOS) and load

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-24 Thread Hans
t; customer's fault in the end and refund could be denied. > In conclusion: It is a *very* overpriced toy, not a device you could > accomplish any complex work. > Hmm, overpriced, you say. Do you mean, "overpriced" even when the the tellings are true (CPU, RAM-size, hard

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-24 Thread Stefan Monnier
> a CPU that is less than the performance of an i5. Side note: such a description is not very useful because a 10 year old i7 can be significantly less powerful than a recent i3. Stefan

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-24 Thread Dan Ritter
Hans wrote: > I discovered some small laptops (10 inch and 7 inch), with an Intel N100 > processor, up to 16 GB RAM and ump to 1 TB disk. But shipped with windows. > > 2 questions: > > 1. Does one have any experience, if the N100 cpu is usable for fluently work? > These processors are also b

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-24 Thread rhkramer
Ahh, ok, thanks -- that's pretty clear that there is no memory slot, and, even though I wouldn't use the laptop for much -- to demo some software "on the road", 4 MB is very limiting. On Saturday, November 23, 2024 06:39:12 PM George at Clug wrote: > The link you pr

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-24 Thread Alexander V. Makartsev
for a new "work horse" laptop, I'd search for one with at least 14" screen size, with display height resolution of 1080p or more. [1] https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/231803/intel-processor-n100-6m-cache-up-to-3-40-ghz/specifications.html [2] https://www.i

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-24 Thread Hans
link), then you can go to www.aliexpress.com and searcfh for "8 Zoll 12. Generation P8 N100 Mini-Gaming-Laptop Intel Alder Lake N100 Touchscreen 12G DDR5 Windows 11 Notebook Yoga Tablet PC 2 in 1" and there are a lot of sellers. I intend to use it especially for the daily work, li

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-24 Thread tomas
On Sun, Nov 24, 2024 at 09:51:16AM +0100, Geert Stappers wrote: [...] > Way too kind. > > Calling cheap asses cheap asses is IMNSHO better kindness for mankind. Don't be so harsh on people. Rather be harsh on the corps fleecing them. Trying to get a cheap computer is understandable if your bud

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-24 Thread Geert Stappers
On Sat, Nov 23, 2024 at 10:07:57PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Sat, Nov 23, 2024 at 03:38:56PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > I see an attractive deal on a laptop that is shipped with Windows 11 in > > S-mode > > > > I assume (I know), but am not sure

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-23 Thread rhkramer
Oops, failed to send to the list -- resending. On Saturday, November 23, 2024 06:15:45 PM George at Clug wrote: > On Sunday, 24-11-2024 at 07:44 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > Ahh, with respect to RAM, there is an empty SODIMM slot and at least one > > site has installed an 8 GB stick there for a t

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-23 Thread George at Clug
Hi, The link you provided about the Laptop states: "Memory Slot (Available) 0", indicating you would not be able to upgrade the memory. I believe you can put in an M.2 NVMe and then install Linux to that NVMe, that way you can still boot Windows as well as Linux? I would be

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-23 Thread George at Clug
is an unused M.2 slot into which you can install a M.2 NVMe drive. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMpfVX3jaBU Can I upgrade my Asus Vivobook E510 SSD or RAM? [RAM soldered, not able to upgrade] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxU6hz0BmfQ ASUS laptop E510 - DISASSEMBLY and UPGRADE OPTIONS [You can&

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-23 Thread Andrew M.A. Cater
On Sat, Nov 23, 2024 at 03:38:56PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > I see an attractive deal on a laptop that is shipped with Windows 11 in > S-mode > (link below). > > I assume (I know), but am not sure that I will be able to load Linux on that > laptop -- can anyon

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-23 Thread Charles Curley
On Sat, 23 Nov 2024 15:38:56 -0500 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > 64GB SSD Sorry, I can't tell you for sure if Linux will load on one of these, not having done the experiment. I can tell you that I would not plan on dual booting. I have Windows 11 on two of my machines here, and have shrunk its par

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-23 Thread Tom Furie
On Sat, Nov 23, 2024 at 03:38:56PM -0500, rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > > Rh Kramer > > -- > rhk > > | Sorry about the sig -- some people think it is too long -- it is my soapbox. No, you aren't, and you know you aren't. So drop the fake apology. Over 40 lines of sig on an approx 20 line email! At

Re: Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-23 Thread rhkramer
rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: > PS: I'd also want to expand the RAM and I have to find out if I can do > that. >* [[https://www.newegg.com/asus-l510ka-nb21-15-6-intel-pentium-silver- > n6000-4gb-intel-uhd-graphics-64-gb/p/N82E16834236521?Item=N82E16834236521] > [ASUS 15.6" Vivobook

Linux on a Laptop shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode

2024-11-23 Thread rhkramer
I see an attractive deal on a laptop that is shipped with Windows 11 in S-mode (link below). I assume (I know), but am not sure that I will be able to load Linux on that laptop -- can anyone tell me for sure? PS: I'd also want to expand the RAM and I have to find out if I can do that. c

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

2024-09-09 Thread Charles Curley
On Mon, 9 Sep 2024 15:32:19 +0200 wrote: > On Mon, Sep 09, 2024 at 07:17:37AM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > > I concur with the netinst suggestions. > > > > On Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:10:15 +1000 > > George at Clug wrote: > > > > > Sometimes I download the DVD because, over time, I will install

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

2024-09-09 Thread tomas
On Mon, Sep 09, 2024 at 07:17:37AM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: > I concur with the netinst suggestions. > > On Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:10:15 +1000 > George at Clug wrote: > > > Sometimes I download the DVD because, over time, I will install a > > number of times [...] > To solve this problem, I us

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

2024-09-09 Thread Charles Curley
I concur with the netinst suggestions. On Mon, 09 Sep 2024 21:10:15 +1000 George at Clug wrote: > Sometimes I download the DVD because, over time, I will install a > number of times (for example, install a number of VMs to compare the > various GUIs), but I have found that by the time I get to u

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

2024-09-09 Thread basti
On 09.09.24 13:10, George at Clug wrote: Have I managed to confuse you with my own confusion? Sorry if I did, but my gut feel is that the netinstall CD makes the most sense if you have access to the Internet while doing the installation (unless your will be doing 20 or more installations on the

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

2024-09-09 Thread Michael Kjörling
On 9 Sep 2024 11:08 +0100, from recoverymail123...@gmail.com (Mick Ab): > I think I have enough RAM and hard drive to accommodate bookworm, but I am > not sure whether my laptop has the other hardware needed to run bookworm. I'm not familiar with your particular laptop, but if it run

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

2024-09-09 Thread George at Clug
On Monday, 09-09-2024 at 20:08 Mick Ab wrote: > I am interested in installing bookworm alongside the current Windows 7 on > an old HP ProBook 6570b laptop. > > I am thinking of downloading the first two DVDs of bookworm from one of the > Debian mirror sites, then copying th

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

2024-09-09 Thread Joe
On Mon, 9 Sep 2024 11:08:29 +0100 Mick Ab wrote: > I am interested in installing bookworm alongside the current Windows > 7 on an old HP ProBook 6570b laptop. > > I am thinking of downloading the first two DVDs of bookworm from one > of the Debian mirror sites, then copying th

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

2024-09-09 Thread George at Clug
. > > Best regards > > > On 09.09.24 12:08, Mick Ab wrote: > > I am interested in installing bookworm alongside the current Windows 7 > > on an old HP ProBook 6570b laptop. > > > > I am thinking of downloading the first two DVDs of bookworm from one of > &

Re: Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

2024-09-09 Thread basti
Hello, i would use debian netinstall: https://www.debian.org/CD/netinst/ rather than download the whole DVD. Best regards On 09.09.24 12:08, Mick Ab wrote: I am interested in installing bookworm alongside the current Windows 7 on an old HP ProBook 6570b laptop. I am thinking of

Installing bookworm on an old HP laptop

2024-09-09 Thread Mick Ab
I am interested in installing bookworm alongside the current Windows 7 on an old HP ProBook 6570b laptop. I am thinking of downloading the first two DVDs of bookworm from one of the Debian mirror sites, then copying that to two DVD-R discs and installing bookworm those two discs. I think I have

Re: Need advice on a usable, inexpensive laptop for Debian

2024-09-05 Thread Ryan Nowakowski
On September 4, 2024 5:18:53 PM CDT, "Andrew M.A. Cater" wrote: >On Wed, Sep 04, 2024 at 05:04:33PM -0500, Tom Browder wrote: >> I'm trying to propose a computer lab for young wannabe coders, and I want >> to use a Linux box (I prefer Debian, but I get the feeling Ubuntu is more >> familiar wi

Re: Need advice on a usable, inexpensive laptop for Debian

2024-09-05 Thread ael
A quick search suggested https://system76.com. There must be many more. I have not used system76, so can't comment on their offerings. I am writing this on a Clevo laptop which has been reliable and fast, purchased in the UK with no operating system. It was very good value. ael

Re: Need advice on a usable, inexpensive laptop for Debian

2024-09-04 Thread tomas
On Thu, Sep 05, 2024 at 06:30:25AM +0200, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: [...] > Currently I buy them at a brick-and-mortar store in my city [...] And, oh, by default they come empty or with pre-installed Ubuntu. You can order them with Windows, but this costs extra (as it should be). Cheers -- t s

Re: Need advice on a usable, inexpensive laptop for Debian

2024-09-04 Thread tomas
On Wed, Sep 04, 2024 at 10:18:53PM +, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > On Wed, Sep 04, 2024 at 05:04:33PM -0500, Tom Browder wrote: > > I'm trying to propose a computer lab for young wannabe coders, and I want > > to use a Linux box (I prefer Debian, but I get the feeling Ubuntu is more > > familiar

Re: Need advice on a usable, inexpensive laptop for Debian

2024-09-04 Thread Russell L. Harris
For inexpensive, low-mileage, office-quality machines (laptop & desktop) try blairtech.com. You'll get a W10 or W11 machine.

Re: Need advice on a usable, inexpensive laptop for Debian

2024-09-04 Thread Tom Browder
27;ve been audited twice by the IRS, so I'm pretty reliant on a good tax program. I tried going with a CPA once, but he had more forms for me to fill out than the tax programs, and wanted a large fee besides. Thanks, all respondents, for good advice on my laptop quest. -Tom

Re: Need advice on a usable, inexpensive laptop for Debian

2024-09-04 Thread Eike Lantzsch ZP5CGE / KY4PZ
itable for me; for your purpose a 128 GB drive > should do it. > > What did you replace the H&R Block program with? Hi Tom, I shy away from HP Laptops since the time they still were COMPAQs. I once was given a HP Laptop for free and it is only doing its job now as an OpenBSD terminal w

Re: Need advice on a usable, inexpensive laptop for Debian

2024-09-04 Thread Charles Curley
On Wed, 4 Sep 2024 17:04:33 -0500 Tom Browder wrote: > I am torn with whether dual boot is the way to go, given all the > problems I see with dual boot with Windows now. (I finally dumped > Windows entirely some months ago when I found a decent, modern > replacement for Microsoft Word and for the

Re: Need advice on a usable, inexpensive laptop for Debian

2024-09-04 Thread Alain D D Williams
On Wed, Sep 04, 2024 at 05:04:33PM -0500, Tom Browder wrote: > I'm trying to propose a computer lab for young wannabe coders, and I want > to use a Linux box (I prefer Debian, but I get the feeling Ubuntu is more > familiar with school systems and other institutions). I suggest an HP stream. I got

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