On Tue, 20 Sept 2022 at 18:14, Hugh Frater <hugh.fra...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Tue, 20 Sep 2022 at 18:26, Peter Merchant <petermerch...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > > A friend of mine is wanting a new laptop and asked if I would post his > > request here - Yes he uses Linux. > > > > Does anybody know of a good source for him?
I've always seen refurbished Thinkpads come up whenever this is discussed. I had a new X1 Carbon at my previous job and it was a lovely machine: everything worked well on it with Linux. When I wanted a Linux laptop recently I looked at them and there's a big range of specs, conditions and prices. In the end I splurged on a new XPS 13 though. > FWIW I’ve never had much luck getting fingerprint readers to work on my > laptops when dual booting - the current Machine (asus g14) is no > exception. Everything else works fine though. I do remember the fingerprint sensor as being the only thing that wouldn't work on the Thinkpad initially. I think it would read with Linux but you needed Windows to train it. At some point that changed and I got it working properly. > > I've looked at Linux built laptops including Dell and all seem to be > > overpriced compared to popular Windows orientated companies. I think it's a case of "you get what you pay for" to some extent but the machines that are sold as supporting Linux like Dells and Thinkpads do tend to be aimed at software devs and therefore in a price bracket alongside Macs. It would be nice if more of the mid-range machines were also sold as Linux compatible (since many of them are to a large extent). The XPS was £1100 but it's a top spec little machine. Definitely the most I ever spent on a laptop (or any other computer come to that) but I can't fault it. The only thing I haven't tried to set up yet is the fingerprint sensor! But that's pure laziness (I found I rarely used it) -- Next meeting: Online, Jitsi, Tuesday, 2022-09-06 20:00 Check to whom you are replying Meetings, mailing list, IRC, ... http://dorset.lug.org.uk New thread, don't hijack: mailto:dorset@mailman.lug.org.uk
