[xubuntu-users] New Laptop

[Justin O'Shea]

Brand is largely irrelevant, it's what is on the inside that counts. Same
brand can have different hardware on the inside. That said there a much
fewer problems now in terms of compatibility. The Linux kernel is developed
on an industrial scale now days, eg Intel are a big contributor. So
anything with an Intel cpu and Intel graphics should work fine. As far as
build quality is concerned the HP Elite series are generally built like
bricks because they are targeted at enterprise. However, mileage may vary,
so find a laptop you are interested in, find out what's on the inside, then
search for something like "installing Ubuntu on [model of laptop]" and see
if any one has done it. People have installed linux distros on Macs,
Chromebooks... the list goes on. Like anything else it's research, research
then research some more.

Good luck.

On 12 June 2015 at 20:47, Rob Ward <rl.ward at bigpond.com> wrote:

>  I have been back at work for 6 weeks and have a bit of cash to splash,
> and I would like to ask the XUbuntu community what would be a good
> laptop to buy?
> I have been using XUbuntu for slightly over 12 months and had a very good
> experience.
> I have a desktop, a web server, a media centre and and a laptop, all
> running
> XUbuntu, and do not want to return to Win7 or 8? (10 haha!)
> Any suggestions for a system that will take a seamless XUbuntu
> installation?
>
> Location: Victoria, Australia :-)
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