[ale] Good Linux-friendly laptop

[Brian Stanaland]

I second (or third..) the Lenovo. I have a T-61 that's beaten and 
battered and still going strong. It's been taken apart including pulling 
the main board. This thing is a tank. It's running CentOS 6.2. It even 
does two-finger scrolling.

-- Brian

On 05/21/2012 04:48 PM, Matthew wrote:
> My personal laptop is a T60. I wished I had gotten a T61. Great laptop.
>
> On 5/21/12, Wolf Halton<wolf.halton at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 4:25 PM, Matthew<simontek at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> My work asus is good, no express cards though. My dell i7 is good too.
>>> Lenovo's have good support. Its actually harder to find a non-linux
>>> friendly laptop these days. Also there is a linux company that
>>> specializes in pc's in atl.
>>>
>>> On 5/21/12, Bob Toxen<transam at verysecurelinux.com>  wrote:
>>>> What is a good Linux-friendly Laptop these days in the $300-940 range
>>>> available locally?
>>>>
>>>> I want something good; for me that means no HP (IMO).
>>>>
>>>> Want DVD burner, a fair amount of memory and reasonable speed.
>>>>
>>>> I need USB ports, WiFi would be nice but I have a Linux-compatibile
>>>> WiFi
>>>> PCMCIA card.
>>>>
>>>> I'm looking to buy at MicroCenter tonight (big hurry, long story).
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Bob
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>> http://emperorlinux.com/
>> however I have not seen them to be a low-price leader.  I have had good
>> luck with dells and lenovo and hp.  Check the tigerdirect outlet up the
>> road toward SC on I-85.  Their prices for refurbished laptops are pretty
>> good.
>>
>> -Wolf
>>
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