Notebooks on Linux

[Lennart Sorensen]

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 05:11:44PM -0200, Renata Rocha wrote:
> I'm planning to buy a small (about 12" or below) notebook when I
> arrive in Canada. This is supposed to be a real notebook, not a
> netbook (or at least a netbook with a very good processor, I need
> something nice to be my main PC)
> As it will be my main PC, it will run Linux, nothing else. So, I need
> a small notebook that will run linux out-of-the-box. I thought of
> going to some bestbuy-like and try to boot a Ubuntu from a pendrive.
> If it runs, buy it. I don't know if this will work (will I be arrested
> for doing that?). But, first, I believe it's easier to ask you if you
> have some experience with this kind of hardware.
> 
> I currently have the famous "Frying Pan", the eee900, as I already
> told you. I have no specific hardware preferences - as long as it does
> not fry eggs, I prefer to keep my cholesterol low.

I would just check for a sale at lenovo.com.  They are generally among
the best for linux support.

They often have sales and 10 to 25% off coupons available.

I have learned to not buy computers at betsbuy/futureshop/etc.
Machines aimed at generic consumers are junk.

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Len Sorensen
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