On Friday 04 November 2016 16:24:31 Thomas Kluyver via Hampshire wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 4, 2016, at 09:03 AM, Bob Dunlop via Hampshire wrote:
> > Avoid modern Lenovo [1]. Although they've reluctantly issued a BIOS
> > fix it sounds like it a performance hit.
>
> Lenovo's Thinkpad line is still mostly pretty good with Linux, at least
> when I was looking last year. Those business-oriented systems seem to be
> developed separately to the consumer-grade ones which get in the news
> for the wrong reasons. The business lines are more expensive, but you do
> get a better built system.
>
> Is anyone interested in distilling the kind of info we're discussing
> into a nice 'how to buy a computer for Linux' website? Is there already
> such a site? I did one quick search and found posts like these:
> http://www.howtogeek.com/185286/how-to-buy-a-laptop-for-linux/
> http://www.ebay.com/gds/Linux-Laptop-Buying-Guide-/10000000177741943/g.html
>
> ...but no nice friendly overview site. Maybe this is something we could
> discuss/work on at a future PLUG meeting.
>
> Thomas
:-) Good idea! I shall include the PLUG list in this reply. (Hence the full
quote above.)
Lisi
I did. But it got misdirected somehow to me not to here.
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