laptop

[Stephen Partington]

Also a solid machine.

On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 6:56 AM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> your link said it was not available. HOw about a Dell Latitude E7440
>
> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 9:51 AM, Stephen Partington <cryptworks at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> It can do touchscreen pretty well, This will depend on your window
>> manager.
>>
>> And video editing will vary a fair amount. But i would suggest 16 GB.
>> which would be an aftermarket update on that laptop.
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 4:38 AM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> also... does linux do touchscreen?
>>>
>>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 7:36 AM, Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I know 8GB is needed for Darktable but how about for video editing?
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 2:08 AM, Stephen Partington <
>>>> cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> For example.
>>>>>
>>>>> 2017 Dell Latitude E7240 Flagship Business Laptop, 12.5” Full HD
>>>>> Touchscreen, Intel Core i7-4600U, 8GB DDR3L RAM, 512GB SSD, Webcam, Windows
>>>>> 10 Professional (Certified Refurbished) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076
>>>>> HF6BQ1/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_E8DUAb6778S0R
>>>>>
>>>>> This device will run Linux beautifully. And it's pretty easy to work
>>>>> on to bump ram.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018, 10:57 PM Stephen Partington <
>>>>> cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Amazon refurbished or even Costco are Weirdly good finds.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018, 10:56 PM Herminio Hernandez Jr. <
>>>>>> herminio.hernandezjr at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ThinkPads run Linux great. You can find some on Craigslist for
>>>>>>> decent prices.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mar 26, 2018, at 6:34 PM, Andrew McRobb <andrewmcrobb at gmail.com>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thinkpads I hear run Linux very well.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 6:14 PM kevin <kevin at fries-biro.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have a run of the mill i5 based HP we purchased at Costgo for
>>>>>>>> under $500.  Runs Archlinux just fine.  Completely took the Windows off it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Kevin
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note8, an AT&T 4G LTE smartphone
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -------- Original message --------
>>>>>>>> From: Michael <bmike1 at gmail.com>
>>>>>>>> Date: 3/26/18 7:10 PM (GMT-07:00)
>>>>>>>> To: PLUG <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>
>>>>>>>> Subject: laptop
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> which laptop runs linux well? I can not afford a 800 dollar system
>>>>>>>> 76 computer. i am willing to spend 5-600 dollars. preferably less. i just
>>>>>>>> need to be able to run darktable and video editing software.
>>>>>>>>
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