wanted: suggestions for used Linux compatible notebooks

[Wade Smart]

Marco I purchased 400 ThinkPad E525 that came off a business
lease, installed ubuntu and put them right back out into the school system.
These were deployed to the UK. Im sure there are lots of units to use
but I have yet to go wrong with ThinkPads.

Wade
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On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 4:12 AM M. Fioretti <mfioretti at nexaima.net> wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I need to buy 2 or 3 notebooks, and run Ubuntu on them. Feature-wise,
> I know what I need, or so I hope. But I have NO idea which brand/model
> they correspond to, and specs/prices/availability/linux compatibility
> change continuously, so any feedback is welcome. Here we go:
>
> * used/refurbished, max 4/5 years old.
>
>   No budget for new ones, and probably no need either, see below. But
>   also, regardless of price, don't want to risk on e.g 10yrs old
>   machines that may break any moment. What I buy now should last 2/3
>   years minimum. Is <= 300 EUR each reasonable/compatible with specs
>   below? I have really no idea, please tell.
>
> * standard size keyboard
> * 15 inches or bigger screen
>
>   (I cannot use subnotebooks/netbooks. I did in the past, but small
>   keyboards give me cramps, and small screens make e.g. reading a web
>   page and commenting it in an editor too slow. In case it matters, I
>   have NO use for numeric pads)
>
> * usage: NO need for games, or 3D effects. But I do need to use
>   libreoffice AND firefox with 20+ tabs open all the time, as quickly
>   and smoothly as possible. That is, without any of them crashing,
>   slowing down or taking 5+ seconds to refresh a tab, or change zoom
>   level in a slide... Or struggling to play video from YouTube, Vimeo,
>   or videoconferencing with Jit.si, Zoom, Skype, whatever.
>
>   The other major uses of these machines would be heavy text
>   processing via perl/bash scripts, and maybe digikam to organize
>   picture galleries.
>
> * fully compatible with Ubuntu, of course. I CAN hack/debug/tweak
>   software to make hardware work with Linux... but I simply cannot
>   afford the time to do it these days. So I need something that works
>   right away, or at least has a RELIABLE, fully documented procedure
>   to make it work. Ideally, all laptops should be the same model, so
>   once I have one working, I just clone the whole configuration on the
>   other.
>
> Optional, but very welcome: models available on Amazon, so I can use
> some gift cards I got...
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!
> Marco
>
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