[ubuntu-uk] SOT - Pre-installed Linux machine vendors

[Phill Whiteside]

Hi,

a quick way to see if the laptop you're considering is Ubuntu Friendly is
to look at https://friendly.ubuntu.com/

Regards,

Phill.

On 13 October 2012 18:51, Anton Kanishchev <antonk20117 at gmail.com> wrote:

> My bad, I thought they were in the uk :( . I think they do ship to UK but
> the tax you would pay to get it over here (20 odd %) will negate any
> savings. Taking into account the importance of hardware support it may be a
> good idea to bring in a usb stick (with persistency) with all  your common
> applications (not data) into a store and ask whether you can test drive the
> os (ubuntu 12.04 for example). that way you can check whether the laptop
> will work for you when(if) you do buy it. I heard that dell were going to
> release a laptop with ubuntu preinstalled.
> Is it a nessesity for you that you have a laptop and not a desktop. The
> reason I am asking is that you can configure a desktop (even if you dont
> build it yourself) to have all componnets be 100% compatible. There is a
> list of compatible components on the ubuntu website.
>
>           From my experience with linux the biggest problems in terms of
> getting things to work are the graphics drivers and sound,sometimes
> external monitors(related to graphics drivers in the first place). What
> sort of specifications would you need/be looking for in a laptop(cpu
> power,ram etc)? I think certain mobile chipsets are better supported than
> others and full out of the box support is very dependant on the
> gpu(drivers).
>
> Summary- I would go into a store and try out your favourite distro(with
> just basic install but all latest updates) and see what happens-worst thing
> is they wont let you do it, at least you would be able to test the laptop
> before you commit yourself to buying one and spending hours(weeks?) sorting
> all the (not so) little nags.
>
>      Hope this helped somehow.
>
> On 13 October 2012 18:28, Gordon Burgess-Parker <gbplinux at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>>  On 13/10/12 18:21, Anton Kanishchev wrote:
>>
>> As far as I am aware there is also system76 that sell laptops with Linux
>> pre installed. I think it only does ubuntu but not sure myself.
>>
>>
>> Unfortunately they're in America!
>>
>>
>>
>>  Bearing in mind that laptops with Linux pre installed are not
>> significantly cheaper than their windows counterparts. You would have more
>> choice if you include windows laptops in your search. You can always wipe
>> it if you don't want windows on your laptop.
>>
>>
>> Yes - that's what I did with my current laptop, but only because the
>> later versions of Ubuntu (beginning with 10.04 and now with 12.04)
>> supported the hardware - previous versions did not. (Well not all of it).
>> That's my concern - that if I buy an up to the minute laptop with Windows
>> installed, and then find that 12.04 doesn't work properly, I'm in for a
>> (possible) lot of hassle - hence the desire to get one with Ubuntu
>> pre-installed.
>>
>>
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