It is a little more challenging installing Linux with the Windows 8 secure
boot, but there are lots of articles on the Internet to help get over this
annoyance. You could also buy a laptop from the Linux laptop vendors -
System 76 is one that comes to mind, and there are several more.
I have used a lot of Dell laptops and towers with Linux - just be sure to
check the hardware first. I am using my first System 76 laptop now, and I
am very pleased with it.
Mark
On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:46 AM, Stephen Partington <
cryptworks@gmail.com>
wrote:
> not that i have experienced so far.
>
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:45 AM, Michael Havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> if I were to get a new laptop would I have problems putting Linux on it?
>>
>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 11:12 AM, Brian Cluff <brian@snaptek.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Don't get me wrong. I've only had a couple of laptops die ever. I just
>>> don't invest anything extra in them after a couple of years. It just makes
>>> more sense to save your money and get another better one than it does to
>>> pour a bunch on money into a laptop that is well past it's prime.
>>>
>>> Brian
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/10/2014 10:38 AM, techlists@phpcoderusa.com wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> My mileage has been much better
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2014-10-10 12:23, Brian Cluff wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I always figure that a laptop is good for about 2 years. Anything you
>>>>> get beyond that are bonus years, but I certainly wouldn't put much
>>>>> money/effort into repairing a laptop after the 2 year mark.
>>>>>
>>>>> That being said, I usually get more than 2 years out of my laptops,
>>>>> but I baby them, so they have really easy lives, but I still wouldn't
>>>>> put much into any of them except the one that is under 2 years old.
>>>>>
>>>>> Brian
>>>>>
>>>>> On 10/10/2014 09:42 AM, Michael Havens wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> it is a 3 year old compaq. not that old!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 10, 2014 at 9:39 AM, <techlists@phpcoderusa.com
>>>>>> <mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> How old is the laptop and what brand?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 2014-10-10 11:35, Michael Havens wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 9, 2014 at 10:14 AM, <techlists@phpcoderusa.com
>>>>>> <mailto:techlists@phpcoderusa.com>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> My question is what is the computer used for? Are you
>>>>>> using it
>>>>>> for your Linux from scratch project?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Well.... what happened is I was using my laptop as my main
>>>>>> computer
>>>>>> (which I have since learned is BAD); I was running everything
>>>>>> through
>>>>>> it. Then the card reader didn't work. No problem, I rarely
>>>>>> use that
>>>>>> feature anyways and I got a USB Multicard Reader/Writer. Then
>>>>>> certain
>>>>>> keys started not working (and things were progressively
>>>>>> getting
>>>>>> worse). No problem, I got a USB keyboard/mouse. Then when I
>>>>>> was at
>>>>>> the airport to go to FL I found the internet switch didn't
>>>>>> work.
>>>>>> Time
>>>>>> to take it to a repair shop. Well, I can still use it for
>>>>>> finances
>>>>>> until I get it to a shop when I return from Surfside. Then
>>>>>> the fan
>>>>>> wasn't working. Then I got back from FL and took the computer
>>>>>> to a
>>>>>> repair shop.... SO I then took my Linux from Scratch computer
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> turned it into my central computer. This means I'll have to
>>>>>> get
>>>>>> another computer for Linux from Scratch and start all over
>>>>>> with
>>>>>> LFS. I
>>>>>> told the lady at the repair shop about the fan, the dropping
>>>>>> keys, and
>>>>>> the internet switch (forgot about the reader). She got back
>>>>>> to me
>>>>>> yesterday and said that the fan was working just fine and
>>>>>> that the
>>>>>> keyboard needed to be replaced. I inquired about the internet
>>>>>> switch
>>>>>> and she said it was a part of the keyboard. I'm now thinking
>>>>>> that the
>>>>>> card reader is a part of the keyboard too but I don't know.
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