[lug] Midrange Linux Laptops

Orion Poplawski orion at cora.nwra.com
Fri Nov 19 15:23:33 MST 2010


On 11/19/2010 03:12 PM, Steve Sullivan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm planning to buy a midrange laptop for linux software
> development and will install my own linux ... probably debian.
> Right now I'm looking at system76 pangolin and dell inspiron.
>
> Any comments on system76 vs dell regarding reliability, ease
> of o/s install (special drivers for wifi?), etc?

We have a lot of Dells running Fedora.  Go with Intel wireless cards is my 
only suggestion.

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