[lug] linux laptop search

[Quentin Hartman]

Huh. The last... 4 that I've bought for myself or others (Sager / Compal
brand from XoticPC, a gateway, and an Acer) have Just Worked(tm) for every
piece of hardware / feature I've used on them. Well, I did have to pass a
weird kernel parameter to one to work around a BIOS bug and get decent
performance. But other than that, it's been all rainbows and kittens.

YMMV I guess.

QH

On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 3:38 PM, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu>wrote:

> On this here lappy (which I love, don't get me wrong), my video sucked, my
> wireless was a custom-compile and modprobe for the first several months,
> and my card-reader's still a no-go (after more than a year). And, resume is
> still ... dicey. Suspend works perfectly, though. :-) This was a Linux
> pre-install, but not MADE to run Linux, and the difference is ...
> significant.
>
> On the last one before this, everything was awesome.
>
> On the one before that, video sucked, and stability was horrible.
>
> Subjectively, the dozen or so that I've helped other people with in the
> last year have been problemmy in direct proportion to their new-ness. The
> older the better, in terms of "hardware just works". But, since I am a
> spoiled brat and I want a NEW one that just f'ing works AND I want to vote
> with my dollars, I'm only buying Linux-preinstalled from now on. My luck is
> just not good enough, and I'd rather pay a little extra to show my approval
> to the Linux-loving vendors.
>
>
> --
> David L. Willson
> Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist
> RHCE+Satellite CCAH Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 UbuntuCP NovellCLA
> Mobile 720-333-LANS(5267)
>
> This is a good time for a r3VOLution.
>
> ------------------------------
>
> On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 2:55 PM, David L. Willson <DLWillson at thegeek.nu>wrote:
>
>> If I was me in your position, I'd be shopping for something with Linux
>> already on it. Late model Windows laptops almost always have some hardware
>> issues with Linux, in my experience. Yeah, you'll pay a little more, but I
>> know a school that needs a teacher, and would be happy to help you make up
>> the difference, in exchange for a small favor. :-)
>
>
> Really? What problems? I've run into very few in recent memory, and none
> of it was critical hardware. The only things I can think of were a card
> reader and a fingerprint reader. Even most wireless cards are supported any
> more. I haven't found anything yet that couldn't be worked around. I'm not
> saying it "never" happens anymore, but "almost always" seems to be
> overstating things quite a bit.
>
> QH
>
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