Hi, Thanks for the details. The ones that are available with Linux are either too old editions or "Unavailable"
I think it's time that some entrepreneurs from this group can take this opportunity to sell Linux Laptops. Regards ________________________________________________________________________ *Pravin Balaji Dhayfule* *Free & Open Source Software oriented IT Solutions ConsultantCorporate TrainerAuthor: Planet Soulance - The Civilisation of Souls <http://www.planetsoulance.com>Personal Blog: http://www.dhayfule.com <http://www.dhayfule.com> Services Website: http://www.cybrent.biz <http://www.cybrent.biz>**Contact Number: +91 9867647412* On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 12:00 PM, <plug-mail-requ...@plug.org.in> wrote: > Send plug-mail mailing list submissions to > plug-mail@plug.org.in > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://list.plug.org.in/listinfo/plug-mail > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > plug-mail-requ...@plug.org.in > > You can reach the person managing the list at > plug-mail-ow...@plug.org.in > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of plug-mail digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Need information on Linux Compatible Laptops (Pravin Dhayfule) > 2. Re: Need information on Linux Compatible Laptops (Gaurav Pant) > 3. Re: Need information on Linux Compatible Laptops (Safiyat Reza) > 4. Re: Need information on Linux Compatible Laptops (aag) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 10:46:55 +0530 > From: Pravin Dhayfule <pra...@dhayfule.com> > To: plug-mail@plug.org.in > Subject: [PLUG] Need information on Linux Compatible Laptops > Message-ID: > < > ca+u_sbnr9dsn2ti4ggdot93pvfrode1zsouxfarn1qlp0ej...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi, > > Gone are those days when we could get Laptops free from pre-installed OS. > These days none of the new laptops in India are available with/without OS. > All offer Windows 8.x as mandatory OS. I do not want to take the pain of > first spending for an unnecessary OS and then reformat and install Ubuntu > on it. Secondly the problem with Secure Boot scares me. Finally even after > passing through these torments what if the hardware does not have Linux > support. > > I plan to buy a new Laptop, but do not want to go through these pains. I > just need to know if there is any dealer in Pune (or online) who can help > me out in buying an OS Free laptop that has support for Linux Distros may > be Debian based. > > Regards > ________________________________________________________________________ > *Pravin Balaji Dhayfule* > > > > *Free & Open Source Software oriented IT Solutions ConsultantAuthor: Planet > Soulance - The Civilisation of Souls > <http://www.planetsoulance.com>Personal Blog: http://www.dhayfule.com > <http://www.dhayfule.com> Services Website: http://www.cybrent.biz > <http://www.cybrent.biz>**Contact Number: +91 9867647412* > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://list.plug.org.in/pipermail/plug-mail/attachments/20150618/bdb07486/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 11:32:48 +0530 > From: Gaurav Pant <gaurav...@gmail.com> > To: "Pune GNU/Linux Users Group" <plug-mail@plug.org.in> > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Need information on Linux Compatible Laptops > Message-ID: > <CAGpwm8c7X2XGM4JJoO= > sbyb2wsuofcu5h4pc3af_swfyo3o...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi, > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Pravin Dhayfule <pra...@dhayfule.com> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Gone are those days when we could get Laptops free from pre-installed OS. > > These days none of the new laptops in India are available with/without > OS. > > All offer Windows 8.x as mandatory OS. I do not want to take the pain of > > first spending for an unnecessary OS and then reformat and install Ubuntu > > on it. Secondly the problem with Secure Boot scares me. Finally even > after > > passing through these torments what if the hardware does not have Linux > > support. > > > > I plan to buy a new Laptop, but do not want to go through these pains. I > > just need to know if there is any dealer in Pune (or online) who can help > > me out in buying an OS Free laptop that has support for Linux Distros may > > be Debian based. > > > > There are lots of laptops available online which come with either free > dos > or linux. I had taken a asus X200L everything works fine except that the > wifi card (Ralink) does not have any driver for Linux -- the only available > are for ubuntu-linux and that too a very old version. > > > > > Regards > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > *Pravin Balaji Dhayfule* > > > > > > > > *Free & Open Source Software oriented IT Solutions ConsultantAuthor: > > Planet Soulance - The Civilisation of Souls > > <http://www.planetsoulance.com>Personal Blog: http://www.dhayfule.com > > <http://www.dhayfule.com> Services Website: http://www.cybrent.biz > > <http://www.cybrent.biz>**Contact Number: +91 9867647412* > > > > _______________________________________________ > > plug-mail mailing list > > plug-mail@plug.org.in > > http://list.plug.org.in/listinfo/plug-mail > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://list.plug.org.in/pipermail/plug-mail/attachments/20150618/5a2e3465/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 11:41:51 +0530 > From: Safiyat Reza <reza.safi...@acm.org> > To: plug-mail@plug.org.in > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Need information on Linux Compatible Laptops > Message-ID: > < > cajc8y-snr+snjrtb8dxargvu4optznzo9d9t8agwwrs81da...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I have found Lenovo IdeaPad series to be highly compatible with Linux and > many of them come without a bundled OS. > I guess you should check them out. > On 18-Jun-2015 11:33 am, "Gaurav Pant" <gaurav...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Pravin Dhayfule <pra...@dhayfule.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> Gone are those days when we could get Laptops free from pre-installed > OS. > >> These days none of the new laptops in India are available with/without > OS. > >> All offer Windows 8.x as mandatory OS. I do not want to take the pain of > >> first spending for an unnecessary OS and then reformat and install > Ubuntu > >> on it. Secondly the problem with Secure Boot scares me. Finally even > after > >> passing through these torments what if the hardware does not have Linux > >> support. > >> > >> I plan to buy a new Laptop, but do not want to go through these pains. I > >> just need to know if there is any dealer in Pune (or online) who can > help > >> me out in buying an OS Free laptop that has support for Linux Distros > may > >> be Debian based. > >> > >> There are lots of laptops available online which come with either free > > dos or linux. I had taken a asus X200L everything works fine except that > > the wifi card (Ralink) does not have any driver for Linux -- the only > > available are for ubuntu-linux and that too a very old version. > > > > > > > >> Regards > >> ________________________________________________________________________ > >> *Pravin Balaji Dhayfule* > >> > >> > >> > >> *Free & Open Source Software oriented IT Solutions ConsultantAuthor: > >> Planet Soulance - The Civilisation of Souls > >> <http://www.planetsoulance.com>Personal Blog: http://www.dhayfule.com > >> <http://www.dhayfule.com> Services Website: http://www.cybrent.biz > >> <http://www.cybrent.biz>**Contact Number: +91 9867647412* > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> plug-mail mailing list > >> plug-mail@plug.org.in > >> http://list.plug.org.in/listinfo/plug-mail > >> > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > plug-mail mailing list > > plug-mail@plug.org.in > > http://list.plug.org.in/listinfo/plug-mail > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://list.plug.org.in/pipermail/plug-mail/attachments/20150618/8da48fbb/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2015 11:42:34 +0530 > From: aag <a...@gdbl.me> > To: plug-mail@plug.org.in > Subject: Re: [PLUG] Need information on Linux Compatible Laptops > Message-ID: <2ca285d8-9949-49fa-874b-d798d9a46...@gdbl.me> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > On 18-Jun-2015, at 10:46 am, Pravin Dhayfule <pra...@dhayfule.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Gone are those days when we could get Laptops free from pre-installed > OS. These days none of the new laptops in India are available with/without > OS. All offer Windows 8.x as mandatory OS. I do not want to take the pain > of first spending for an unnecessary OS and then reformat and install > Ubuntu on it. Secondly the problem with Secure Boot scares me. Finally even > after passing through these torments what if the hardware does not have > Linux support. > > > http://www.amazon.in/Dell-Vostro-3445-Inch-Laptop/dp/B00LGMCKJ0?tag=googinhydr18418-21&kpid=B00LGMCKJ0&tag=googinkenshoo-21&ascsubtag=9dc247b1-4927-41b3-b2cc-9d7e1c0d4fda#productDetails > < > http://www.amazon.in/Dell-Vostro-3445-Inch-Laptop/dp/B00LGMCKJ0?tag=googinhydr18418-21&kpid=B00LGMCKJ0&tag=googinkenshoo-21&ascsubtag=9dc247b1-4927-41b3-b2cc-9d7e1c0d4fda#productDetails > > > > There are more like this one. > > -a > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://list.plug.org.in/pipermail/plug-mail/attachments/20150618/161b04c4/attachment-0001.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > plug-mail mailing list > plug-mail@plug.org.in > http://list.plug.org.in/listinfo/plug-mail > > > ------------------------------ > > End of plug-mail Digest, Vol 5, Issue 11 > **************************************** >
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