we the "installfest crew" have not seen any modern computers that will not run linux and only a few that have issues that are minor like power management issues. or if you find one please stop by the installfest so we can test/verify why what causing issues Todd
windows 8 tablets are supposed to be locked down but i have not tested them


On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 5:24 PM, <techlists@phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
On 2014-07-18 14:19, Bob Holtzman wrote:
On Fri, Jul 18, 2014 at 11:52:05AM -0700, techlists@phpcoderusa.com wrote:

From my experience Dell is Linux friendly. I'd double check if it
will run Linux though.  I think the new HP's will not.

Reason?

I think it has something to do with the bios.  I have a 4.5 year old HP laptop that runs Linux, however it is my understanding the new ones will not.



Last year when I bought a new Dell workstation. After telling them I

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