Re: current laptop recommendations

2015-03-24 Thread Ian Malone
On 9 January 2015 at 14:41, Andras Simon wrote: > 2015-01-09 15:03 GMT+01:00, Ian Malone : >> On 9 January 2015 at 13:54, Ranjan Maitra >> wrote: >> >>> On Fri, 9 Jan 2015 13:43:58 + Ian Malone wrote: >>> Anyone have any good suggestions for a new laptop with good Linux compatibili

Re: current laptop recommendations

2015-01-17 Thread Robin Laing
On 2015-01-09 06:43, Ian Malone wrote: Anyone have any good suggestions for a new laptop with good Linux compatibility? My current one is about 8 years old (IIRC), not looking for anything superspecced to replaced it, just annoyances like reduced battery life and the wifi switch playing up are st

Re: current laptop recommendations

2015-01-12 Thread Chris Murphy
I just got a Dell XPS 13, late 2013. It's the same thing as the Sputnik project's Ubuntu developer version. It was $900 on the microsoft store, so yeah it came with Windows 8.1 instead of Ubuntu but I was planning on running Fedora on it anyway and see about Windows in a VM rather than dual booting

Re: current laptop recommendations

2015-01-12 Thread Ian Malone
On 12 January 2015 at 18:12, Steven Rosenberg wrote: > On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 12:07 AM, Heinz Diehl wrote: >> I've installed some newer Asus machines recently, and all worked >> flawlessly. > > I am taking care of a new Asus that I'm just about to put Linux on, so > that is good news. Meant to

Re: current laptop recommendations

2015-01-12 Thread Steven Rosenberg
On Sat, Jan 10, 2015 at 12:07 AM, Heinz Diehl wrote: > I've installed some newer Asus machines recently, and all worked > flawlessly. I am taking care of a new Asus that I'm just about to put Linux on, so that is good news. -- Steven Rosenberg http://stevenrosenberg.net/blog http://blogs.dailynew

Re: current laptop recommendations

2015-01-10 Thread Timothy Murphy
Roger Wells wrote: > I am a software developer and have used IBM/Lenovo Thinkpads for a long > time always with Linux and excellent results. I've used Thinkpads for many years. I always buy them second-hand from a German company, ITSCO, who seem exceptionally honest to me, describing precisely al

Re: current laptop recommendations

2015-01-10 Thread Heinz Diehl
On 09.01.2015, Ian Malone wrote: > Anyone have any good suggestions for a new laptop with good Linux > compatibility? I've installed some newer Asus machines recently, and all worked flawlessly. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options:

Re: current laptop recommendations

2015-01-09 Thread EGO-II.1
On 01/09/2015 01:50 PM, Roger Wells wrote: On 01/09/2015 08:43 AM, Ian Malone wrote: Anyone have any good suggestions for a new laptop with good Linux compatibility? My current one is about 8 years old (IIRC), not looking for anything superspecced to replaced it, just annoyances like reduced ba

Re: current laptop recommendations

2015-01-09 Thread Roger Wells
On 01/09/2015 08:43 AM, Ian Malone wrote: Anyone have any good suggestions for a new laptop with good Linux compatibility? My current one is about 8 years old (IIRC), not looking for anything superspecced to replaced it, just annoyances like reduced battery life and the wifi switch playing up are

Re: current laptop recommendations

2015-01-09 Thread Rick Stevens
On 01/09/2015 05:43 AM, Ian Malone wrote: Anyone have any good suggestions for a new laptop with good Linux compatibility? My current one is about 8 years old (IIRC), not looking for anything superspecced to replaced it, just annoyances like reduced battery life and the wifi switch playing up are

Re: current laptop recommendations

2015-01-09 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 01/09/2015 10:11 AM, j.witvl...@mindef.nl wrote: > From a HW p.o.v. chrome-books are nice and affordable, and work nice under > Linux. > However, if you aren't careful, the bios will reloads chrome again, wiping > everything else :-( > > Atm, I use a Toshiba, portege Z30-A-14Q. > Nice 13.3" ma

RE: current laptop recommendations

2015-01-09 Thread J.Witvliet
ghtly over your specs, but will last at least another 8 years. -Original Message- From: users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org [mailto:users-boun...@lists.fedoraproject.org] On Behalf Of Paul Cartwright Sent: vrijdag 9 januari 2015 15:55 To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org Subject: Re: curr

Re: current laptop recommendations

2015-01-09 Thread Paul Cartwright
On 01/09/2015 08:43 AM, Ian Malone wrote: > Anyone have any good suggestions for a new laptop with good Linux > compatibility? My current one is about 8 years old (IIRC), not looking > for anything superspecced to replaced it, just annoyances like reduced > battery life and the wifi switch playing

Re: current laptop recommendations

2015-01-09 Thread Andras Simon
2015-01-09 15:03 GMT+01:00, Ian Malone : > On 9 January 2015 at 13:54, Ranjan Maitra > wrote: > >> On Fri, 9 Jan 2015 13:43:58 + Ian Malone wrote: >> >>> Anyone have any good suggestions for a new laptop with good Linux >>> compatibility? My current one is about 8 years old (IIRC), not lookin

Re: current laptop recommendations

2015-01-09 Thread Ian Malone
On 9 January 2015 at 13:54, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > On Fri, 9 Jan 2015 13:43:58 + Ian Malone wrote: > >> Anyone have any good suggestions for a new laptop with good Linux >> compatibility? My current one is about 8 years old (IIRC), not looking >> for anything superspecced to replaced it, jus

Re: current laptop recommendations

2015-01-09 Thread Ian Malone
On 9 January 2015 at 13:49, EGO-II.1 wrote: > On 01/09/2015 08:43 AM, Ian Malone wrote: >> >> Anyone have any good suggestions for a new laptop with good Linux >> compatibility? My current one is about 8 years old (IIRC), not looking >> for anything superspecced to replaced it, just annoyances lik

Re: current laptop recommendations

2015-01-09 Thread Ranjan Maitra
I like my Dell XPS 13 (2.9 lbs) with 13.3" and 1920x1080 resolution and it actually came with Ubuntu (which I promptly stripped for Fedora) which also meant that I did not have to pay the Windoze tax. Ranjan On Fri, 9 Jan 2015 13:43:58 + Ian Malone wrote: > Anyone have any good suggestio

Re: current laptop recommendations

2015-01-09 Thread EGO-II.1
I don't know if this is "equivalent" to what you currently have, but I have a Lenovo T-420...it's not "new" as per se, but I've had it for quite some time and it's not given me any problems. (Its been in service since F-16) and I've had no problems with it. Plus parts for it are easily obtained

current laptop recommendations

2015-01-09 Thread Ian Malone
Anyone have any good suggestions for a new laptop with good Linux compatibility? My current one is about 8 years old (IIRC), not looking for anything superspecced to replaced it, just annoyances like reduced battery life and the wifi switch playing up are starting to build up (plus people have poke