<div dir="auto">Pretty slick deal for a Linux laptop.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://computers.woot.com/offers/dell-latitude-e7450-14-intel-i5-ssd-ultrabook">https://computers.woot.com/offers/dell-latitude-e7450-14-intel-i5-ssd-ultrabook</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Dell Latitude E7450 14" Ultrabook, Intel Core i5-5300U 2.3GHz, 240GB Solid State Drive, 8GB DDR3, 802.11ac, Bluetooth, Win10Pro<br></div><div dir="auto"><span class="money">$369.99</span> Refurbished</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Sun, Jan 6, 2019, 5:22 PM Joe Lowder <<a href="mailto:joe@actionline.com">joe@actionline.com</a> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Thanks to all who responded.<br>
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Mike <<a href="mailto:mylinux@cox.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">mylinux@cox.net</a>> wrote: Hi Joe. can you share the<br>
answers to your question. Thanks, Mike<br>
<br>
So, Mike, I've quoted three of the most recent responses<br>
below. Earlier replies can be found in the PLUG archives:<br>
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<a href="https://lists.phxlinux.org/lurker/splash/index.html" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.phxlinux.org/lurker/splash/index.html</a><br>
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I've had great success with Linux installed on several<br>
ThinkPads (both IBM and Lenovo) for many years. A couple<br>
of installs on Dells turned out to be problematic for me.<br>
Mint has worked best for me.<br>
<br>
The reason I asked the "Linux laptop for a gift" question<br>
was to see if the PLUG "brain trust" might have any newer<br>
recommendations for any affordable pre-installed options.<br>
<br>
I gave my wife a Chromebook, but she is not satisfied<br>
with that.<br>
<br>
So, I just purchased another Thinkpad 430u for $150 to set<br>
up with Linux Mint for my wife because she is finally fed up<br>
with Windows 10. After years of using Windows 8, she has now<br>
been coerced into the Windows 10 nightmare and she hates it.<br>
<br>
I personally will not have anything to do with anything<br>
from Micro$haft and I'm now having a problem tring to install<br>
Linux Mint on the 430u because of the UEFI annoyance.<br>
<br>
Please see this link: <a href="http://upquick.com/temp/430/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">http://upquick.com/temp/430/</a><br>
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Hope somebody can help me get past this UEFI nuisance.<br>
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== <a href="mailto:michael@butash.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">michael@butash.net</a> wrote:<br>
I only buy dell if I expect linux to work at all any more,<br>
even then it's hit and miss (as I stare at my xps15 in an arch<br>
linux install cd after a week). Thinkpads tend to have their<br>
issues it seems too, lenovo doesn't so much seem to care about<br>
linux, and is left to hobbiests to figure out, which only goes<br>
so far. Dell at least has folks that work on the kernel team<br>
to get some real input I've found. Using the ones they sell with<br>
linux obviously goes a long way toward support, like the xps's,<br>
at least with ubuntu and such they tend to support.<br>
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== <a href="mailto:kevin@fries-biro.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kevin@fries-biro.com</a> wrote:<br>
You need to balance your risk of "working out of the box" with<br>
"cheapest". You want it to work with Linux, out of the box, Zero<br>
incompatabilities... simple, System76. It will come with either<br>
PopOS, or Ubuntu, from which Mint dirives. Open the box, enjoy.<br>
Cheapest, is a crap shoot with Linux. Many of the cheapest do funny<br>
things with the boot sequence thanks to Windows 10. But, I have yet<br>
to see one that can not be made to work in a long time. How much<br>
effort are you willing to put in and what is your tolerance for<br>
things breaking on upgrade?<br>
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== <a href="mailto:trent.shipley@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">trent.shipley@gmail.com</a> wrote:<br>
My parents use Macs. I would be OK if they used Chromebooks.<br>
Never is a million years would I give them a solid Linux desktop,<br>
let alone a potentially flaky, cheap, out of the box Linux.<br>
Why are you in the market for a cheap out-of-the-box Mint machine?<br>
There are some pretty decent, affordable Windows machines out there,<br>
assuming you don't have a reflex objection to Windows or Microsoft.<br>
A Chromebook can't be beat for cheap, functional, and out of the box,<br>
and my understanding is that it's based on Gentoo, deep, deep under<br>
the covers. So Chromebook is a really good choice for a cheap,<br>
user-proof computer, unless you have a phobia of Google or Chromebook.<br>
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