wanted: suggestions for used Linux compatible notebooks

[Tom H]

On Thu, Nov 7, 2019 at 4:25 PM Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 at 14:37, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:


>> I've installed Linux on Dell, Lenovo (IdeaPad and ThinkPad), and
>> Toshiba laptops, so I don't see why/how you can be this categoric.
>
> I currently use a Dell laptop (a Latitude E7270) and 2 Dell desktops,
> alongside a variety of other brands, including Lenovo and various
> generic clones.
>
> I don't like my Latitude much. It has a horrid chiclet keyboard with
> almost no travel and poor feel. The machine feels plasticky and not
> very robust.

I don't know whether my keyboard's a Chiclet one, but I love it.


> This year I have also installed 3 or 4 Latitudes and Precisions for
> other people. I have experienced problems with:
> * the UEFI firmware
> * USB 3 docking stations
> * laptops with dual GPUs
>
> E.g.

I have an Inspiron 7386. It has a single GPU (Intel) and I don't use a
docking station. I guess that my setup's too boring to be problematic
:)

As for EFI, I haven't had any problems with this laptop, but I once
destroyed a Lenovo (I'd just compiled and installed a kernel; it
because unbootable, even from an external usb key). I wish that Intel
and Microsoft had taken a page out of Apple's book and designed EFI to
boot even with bad/corrupt nvram values.