but no one usees Linux! we're on the fringe. hardy-har-har :-)~MIKE~(-: On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 6:27 PM, Derek Trotter wrote: > It would be nice if the linux distros would get together and come up > with a "linux friendly" certification. > > On 11/27/2013 09:14 PM, Michael Butash wrote: > > I'd avoid hp laptops like the plague, traditionally they and toshiba have > been by far the worst laptop vendor for linux support, as they still play > the "oh, no one uses linux" excuse. I abandoned my personal elitebook as > it'd never suspend right, and constantly have disk issues with them for no > apparent reason (seems disk locking/tpm bugs them out). Their hardware > developers work around acpi bugs in bios with windoze drivers for them, or > engineer the bios for broken windoze acpi implementations. Never really > have gotten a clear answer which direction it actually is, but typically > linux hates their idiots that make their bios. > > That said, my current employer gave me a hp elitebook folio that > surprisingly works pretty decently with linux (ubuntu, currently 13.10 on > it). My worst issues pertain to enterprise-y function like wireless, > docking stations, ad/kerberos (likewise/krb5), pam, and lightdm. > > Dell on the other hand employees at least one of the more major > contributors to the linux kernel, and haven't had an issue running linux > oob on them since maybe 2008. > > -mb > > Sent from a carrier unfriendly android device. > > On November 27, 2013 3:15:41 PM Derek Trotter wrote: > > I would be careful of the HP laptops if you're going to put linux on > them. You might remember from a few months ago the trouble I had with my > HP desktop running linux. It liked to lock up at random, sometimes within > 20 minutes of booting up, sometimes it might last a day or two. Recently > my sister asked me to put linux on her HP laptop. I did and it had the > same locking up at random issue. > > On 11/27/2013 09:24 AM, Stephen wrote: > > I have to say i have liked the internal design of the last two > generations. Easy to work on and keep cleaned out. > > well on the latitudes specifically, the inspirons were a PITA to work on. > > > On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 8:59 AM, keith smith wrote: > >> >> Hi, >> >> I'm seeing some decent pricing on laptops for tomorrow night / Friday >> morning. >> >> I have several HP's and find them to be decent laptops. I use Dell for >> my desktop computers and have really enjoyed their products. >> >> I'm looking at a Toshiba that is a decent build and has a really good >> price. I owned a Toshiba about 12 years ago and was not very impressed. >> >> I hear there is only 4 manufactures of laptop components, so I am >> wondering if the company that does the assembly and puts their name on the >> finish product is all that important. >> >> You thoughts on this matter are very important to me. >> >> Thanks! >> Keith >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> > > > > -- > A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from > rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button. > > Stephen > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > -- > "I get my copy of the daily paper, look at the obituaries page, and if I’m not there, I carry on as usual." > > Patrick Moore > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings:http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > -- > "I get my copy of the daily paper, look at the obituaries page, and if I’m not there, I carry on as usual." > > Patrick Moore > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >