It would be nice if the linux distros would get together and come up with a "linux friendly" certification. On 11/27/2013 09:14 PM, Michael Butash wrote: > > I'd avoid hp laptops like the plague, traditionally they and toshiba > have been by far the worst laptop vendor for linux support, as they > still play the "oh, no one uses linux" excuse. I abandoned my > personal elitebook as it'd never suspend right, and constantly have > disk issues with them for no apparent reason (seems disk locking/tpm > bugs them out). Their hardware developers work around acpi bugs in > bios with windoze drivers for them, or engineer the bios for broken > windoze acpi implementations. Never really have gotten a clear answer > which direction it actually is, but typically linux hates their idiots > that make their bios. > > That said, my current employer gave me a hp elitebook folio that > surprisingly works pretty decently with linux (ubuntu, currently 13.10 > on it). My worst issues pertain to enterprise-y function like > wireless, docking stations, ad/kerberos (likewise/krb5), pam, and lightdm. > > Dell on the other hand employees at least one of the more major > contributors to the linux kernel, and haven't had an issue running > linux oob on them since maybe 2008. > > -mb > > Sent from a carrier unfriendly android device. > > On November 27, 2013 3:15:41 PM Derek Trotter wrote: > >> I would be careful of the HP laptops if you're going to put linux on >> them. You might remember from a few months ago the trouble I had >> with my HP desktop running linux. It liked to lock up at random, >> sometimes within 20 minutes of booting up, sometimes it might last a >> day or two. Recently my sister asked me to put linux on her HP >> laptop. I did and it had the same locking up at random issue. >> >> On 11/27/2013 09:24 AM, Stephen wrote: >>> I have to say i have liked the internal design of the last two >>> generations. Easy to work on and keep cleaned out. >>> >>> well on the latitudes specifically, the inspirons were a PITA to >>> work on. >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 8:59 AM, keith smith >> > wrote: >>> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I'm seeing some decent pricing on laptops for tomorrow night / >>> Friday morning. >>> >>> I have several HP's and find them to be decent laptops. I use >>> Dell for my desktop computers and have really enjoyed their >>> products. >>> >>> I'm looking at a Toshiba that is a decent build and has a really >>> good price. I owned a Toshiba about 12 years ago and was not >>> very impressed. >>> >>> I hear there is only 4 manufactures of laptop components, so I >>> am wondering if the company that does the assembly and puts >>> their name on the finish product is all that important. >>> >>> You thoughts on this matter are very important to me. >>> >>> Thanks! >>> Keith >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you >>> from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze >>> button. >>> >>> Stephen >>> >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list -PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> -- >> "I get my copy of the daily paper, look at the obituaries page, and if I’m not there, I carry on as usual." >> >> Patrick Moore > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- "I get my copy of the daily paper, look at the obituaries page, and if I’m not there, I carry on as usual." Patrick Moore