Ubuntu Laptop compatibility (IN EGYPT)

[Ahmed Kamal]

My unscientific impression is that Dells are generally crappy :) sony's are
good looking but proprietary boxes. I would really look into Toshiba, HP and
Lenovo. See what's on the market, that's in your budget. Once you have some
models google for compatibility (people screaming ..etc)

On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:56 PM, Ahmed Toulan <thelinuxer at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Dell works perfect with Ubuntu, but I don't recommend them because they
> overheat.
>
>
> 2011/7/5 Islam Hassan <eng.islam_hassan at hotmail.com>
>
>>  "I HEAR" that Dells are awesome with Ubuntu, some models even come
>> with Ubuntu pre-installed.
>>
>> ------------------------------
>> Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 14:22:21 +0300
>> Subject: Re: Ubuntu Laptop compatibility (IN EGYPT)
>> From: mahmoud.darweash at gmail.com
>> To: ubuntu-eg at lists.ubuntu.com
>>
>>
>> I use toshiba satellite a500, i5, nvidia, 4gb rams for heave development.
>> Compatiablity is awsome including the multimedia keys out of the box.
>> Nothing is not working :) bluetooth, wifi, nvidia driver, camera....etc
>> I wish this helps :)
>> sent by android
>> --
>> Mahmoud Darweash
>> Mobile Solutions Engineer
>> Mobile: +20 (10) 53 60 9 60
>> On Jul 5, 2011 11:30 AM, "Amahdy AbdElAziz" <amahdy7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I second +Kamal, Lenovo is the best experience I ever seen so far. I
>> don't
>> > know what's your budget to recommend a specific model, but to start off
>> > there is a model coming with i3 processor, 3GB DDR3 and very good specs
>> for
>> > ~3000LE
>> >
>> > -- Amahdy AbdElAziz
>> > http://www.amahdy.net
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 10:25, Ahmed Kamal
>> > <email.ahmedkamal at googlemail.com>wrote:
>> >
>> >> What I can tell you, is that 90% of Ubuntu developers choose Lenovo
>> laptops
>> >> (for new laptops, specifically the X series). Lenovos while not too
>> good
>> >> looking, are known to generally be very Linux compatible, and since
>> most
>> >> devs are running that, any breakage is quickly fixed.
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 9:32 AM, Mahmoud Fawzy <m.fawzy.linux at gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>> >>
>> >>> Hi everyone,
>> >>>
>> >>> I'm buying a new laptop soon isA, but I'm really concerned about
>> Ubuntu
>> >>> compatibility, specially for what is available in the Egyptian market.
>> So in
>> >>> brief, I want you to tell me, (maybe based on personal experiences :D)
>> what
>> >>> is available here, and how good does it do it with Ubuntu! I don't
>> really
>> >>> want to buy then get into drivers' and hardware fights with my laptop
>> :D...
>> >>>
>> >>> p.s: I know about http://www.ubuntu.com/certification , and I also
>> know
>> >>> that such info should be available online :D .. but I don't want to
>> keep
>> >>> doing reverse lookups for each model listed there (because simply many
>> of
>> >>> them wont be available in Egypt :D) ...
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Regards,
>> >>> Mahmoud Fawzy
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>>
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