Hi,<div><br></div><div>a quick way to see if the laptop you're considering is Ubuntu Friendly is to look at <a href="https://friendly.ubuntu.com/">https://friendly.ubuntu.com/</a> </div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div>
<div><br></div><div>Phill.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 13 October 2012 18:51, Anton Kanishchev <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:antonk20117@gmail.com" target="_blank">antonk20117@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">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. <div>
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. </div>
<div><br></div><div> 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). </div>
<div><br></div><div>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. </div>
<div><br></div><div> Hope this helped somehow.</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On 13 October 2012 18:28, Gordon Burgess-Parker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gbplinux@gmail.com" target="_blank">gbplinux@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>On 13/10/12 18:21, Anton Kanishchev
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<p>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. <br>
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Unfortunately they're in America!<div><br>
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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.
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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).<br>
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.<div><br>
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